Roberts defends Supreme Court colleagues on recusal issue

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. defended his colleagues as "jurists of exceptional integrity and experience" and said Saturday that it was a misconception that Supreme Court justices do not follow the same set of ethical principles as other judges.

In his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary, Roberts for the first time addressed a growing controversy about when justices should recuse themselves from cases and whether a code of conduct that covers lower-court judges should apply to the justices as well.

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David Nakamura 01 Jan, 2012
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