Ethics consultants agree that an investigation into 95-year-old Decide Pauline Newman’s capability to carry out her duties on the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ought to be transferred to a unique courtroom to keep away from the looks of prejudice.
“The judiciary type of has had one black eye after one other, so that you suppose they’d wish to keep away from having, if not one other black eye, not less than another shaded eye,” mentioned Russell Wheeler, president of the Governance Institute and a visiting fellow on the Brookings Establishment.
