‘Serious risk of bias?’ Pritzker bristles, but legal community has long sought new rules for judge recusal over campaign cash – Cook County Record

Across the country, the legal communities in several other states endorsed similar rule changes to either establishing “bright line” rules concerning campaign funding and recusal. In Illinois, however, the state Supreme Court did not approve the rule, and no rules concerning the need to recuse in light of campaign contributions exists. The rule was also not included in the state’s new Code of Judicial Conduct, which took effect this year.