Legislation & Testimony
Independence & Accountability
Testimony to ABA Committee on Judicial Disqualification
The Brennan Center testified on proposed amendments to the ABA's model code of judicial conduct regarding judicial disqualifications.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 02/03/12
Letter to Tennessee Supreme Court on Proposed Judicial Conduct Rules
The Brennan Center and Justice at Stake submitted comments to the Tennessee Supreme Court urging adoption of proposed new judicial conduct rules, including a recusal rule on campaign spending. The comments were based largely on a Brennan Center report on recusal reform after Caperton, which identified the Tennessee proposal as one of the two most promising in the country.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 11/09/11
Letter to Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Proposed Amendments to Code of Conduct
The Brennan Center for Justice and the Justice at Stake Campaign sent the following letter to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court commenting on proposed amendments to the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct.
– 05/12/11
Letter on Judicial Discipline
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law submits comments to the Wisconsin Special Committee on Judicial Discipline and Recusal.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 10/12/10
Letter of support for the Fund for Modern Courts’ Recusal Proposal
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law wrote to the New York Court of Appeals to express support for the proposal for heightened recusal standards recently submitted by the Fund For Modern Courts.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs and Fritz Schwartz
– 10/04/10
Letter to the Wash. State Supreme Court Code of Judicial Task Force
We write on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Justice at Stake Campaign to comment on the proposed new Washington State Code of Judicial Conduct presented on September 8, 2009 by the Washington State Supreme Court Code of Judicial Conduct Task Force.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 04/30/10
Letter to the Iowa Supreme Court
We write on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Justice at Stake Campaign to comment on the proposed new Iowa Code of Judicial Conduct.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 03/17/10
Letter to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Regarding its Proposed Revisions to Recusal Petitions
On January 21, 2010, Brennan Center counsel Adam Skaggs, along with Justice at Stake’s Bert Brandenburg, submitted a letter to the Wisconsin Supreme Court urging it to reject recently proposed revisions to the state Code of Judicial Conduct.
– 01/21/10
Testimony of Adam Skaggs to House Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Adam Skaggs submits written testimony to the House Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy regarding the state of judicial recusals after Caperton v. A.T. Massey
– 12/16/09
Letter to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, regarding amendments to rules on recusal
This letter, by Counsel Adam Skaggs, includes support, commentary and suggestions regarding amendments to the Code of Judicial Conduct’s rules on recusal, was sent to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Clerk on 10/09/09.
– 10/09/09