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@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA Let me correct your stupidity.
SURE,
americanbar.org/groups/profess…

Heres the link but ill give you a heads start much of it is copy pasted below (I wouldn't want anybody to miss this!

BTW, There's even more in US code but this suffices. im not doing your homework for you. Given 1/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA what you don't know, but pretend as if you do, & dont know how to look it up, Im guessing like Donny, someone did your homewirk too

ABA Groups Center for Professional Responsibility Publications Model Code of Judicial Conduct Model Code of Judicial Conduct: Canon 2
7/15, 2020
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@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA Rule 2.11: Disqualification:

(A) A judge shall disqualify himself or herself in any proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality* might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to the following circumstances:

(1) The judge has a personal bias or prejudice 3/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA concerning a party or a party’s lawyer, or personal knowledge* of facts that are in dispute in the proceeding.

(2) The judge knows* that the judge, the judge’s spouse or domestic partner,* or a person within the third degree of relationship* to either of them, or the 4/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA spouse or domestic partner of such a person is:

(a) a party to the proceeding, or an officer, director, general partner, managing member, or trustee of a party
;
(b) acting as a lawyer in the proceeding;

(c) a person who has more than a de minimis* interest that could 5/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA be substantially affected by the proceeding; or

(d) likely to be a material witness in the proceeding.

(3) The judge knows that he or she, individually or as a fiduciary,* or the judge’s spouse, domestic partner, parent, or child, or any other member of the judge’s family 6/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA residing in the judge’s household,* has an economic interest* in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding.

(4) The judge knows or learns by means of a timely motion that a party, a party’s lawyer, or the law firm of a party’s lawyer has within the 7/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA previous [insert number] year[s] made aggregate* contributions* to the judge’s campaign in an amount that [is greater than $[insert amount] for an individual or $[insert amount] for an entity] [is reasonable and appropriate for an individual or an entity].

(5) The judge, 8/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA while a judge or a judicial candidate,* has made a public statement, other than in a court proceeding, judicial decision, or opinion, that commits or appears to commit the judge to reach a particular result or rule in a particular way in the proceeding or controversy.9/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA (6) The judge:

(a) served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy, or was associated with a lawyer who participated substantially as a lawyer in the matter during such association;

(b) served in governmental employment, and in such capacity participated personally and 10/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA substantially as a lawyer or public official concerning the proceeding, or has publicly expressed in such capacity an opinion concerning the merits of t/particular matter in controversy;

(c) was a material witness concerning the matter; or

(d) previously presided as a 11/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA judge over the matter in another court.

(B) A judge shall keep informed about the judge’s personal and fiduciary economic interests, and make a reasonable effort to keep informed about the personal economic interests of the judge’s spouse or domestic partner and minor 12/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA children residing in the judge’s household.

(C) A judge subject to disqualification under this Rule, other than for bias or prejudice under paragraph (A)(1), may disclose on the record the basis of the judge’s disqualification and may ask the parties and their lawyers to 13/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA consider, outside the presence of the judge and court personnel, whether to waive disqualification. If, following the disclosure, the parties and lawyers agree, without participation by the judge or court personnel, that the judge should not be disqualified, the judge may 14/

@ExtraRegularJoe @JortsAndCrocs @MotherJones @ShiningSeaUSA participate in the proceeding. The agreement shall be incorporated into the record of the proceeding.

Finish looking this up as coded across ethics and case law YOURSELF! There's such a thing as a law library. And you can even access online. 15/
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