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

Questions over the influence of campaign cash on the public’s perception of judges’ ability to remain impartial has long been a subject of concern among the legal community in Illinois and elsewhere, resulting in relatively recent calls for a strong rule to make clear when judges should step aside from hearing cases involving people or organizations that fueled their election campaigns.