Scalia invited Cheney a year ago on an all expenses paid duck-hunting vacation. Everything was paid for. The jet, vacation and location were all provided by the owner of an oil rig service company, Wallace Carline. Cheney was already fighting in federal court to avoid revealing whether his energy policy, designed to funnel billions of dollars of taxpayer money to companies like Carline's, was largely created by the energy industry. It was obvious that the case would be appealed to the Supreme Court if Cheney lost.
Code of Conduct for US Judges.
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CANON 2
A JUDGE SHOULD AVOID
IMPROPRIETY AND THE APPEARANCE
OF IMPROPRIETY IN ALL ACTIVITIES
A. A judge should respect and comply with the law and should act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.
B. A judge should not allow family, social, or other relationships to influence judicial conduct or judgment. A judge should not lend the prestige of the judicial office to advance the private interests of others; nor convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position to influence the judge.
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COMMENTARY
Canon 2A. Public confidence in the judiciary is eroded by irresponsible or improper conduct by judges. A judge must avoid all impropriety and appearance of impropriety. A judge must expect to be the subject of constant public scrutiny. A judge must therefore accept restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen and should do so freely and willingly. The prohibition against behaving with impropriety or the appearance of impropriety applies to both the professional and personal conduct of a judge. Because it is not practicable to list all prohibited acts, the proscription is necessarily cast in general terms that extend to conduct by judges that is harmful although not specifically mentioned in the Code. Actual improprieties under this standard include violations of law, court rules or other specific provisions of this Code. The test for appearance of impropriety is whether the conduct would create in reasonable minds, with knowledge of all the relevant circumstances that a reasonable inquiry would disclose, a perception that the judge's ability to carry out judicial responsibilities with integrity, impartiality, and competence is impaired.
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QUACK, QUACK
There's a quote floating around of where Scalia defends the notion of the need for Judges to recuse themselves under the
appearance of impropriety.
I'm having a hard time finding it though.