The Respondent Strikes Back This motion to recuse judge is a legal work of art. Anyone out there who want to recuse a judge should read this motion. Feel free to steal this and use it yourself. This motion is also a preliminary step towards suing a judge.
Judges have broud powers of immunity and are very difficult to file suit against.
Every judge knows the Supreme Court decision Stump vs. Sparkman by heart. In this case I'm attempting to frame my argument around the concepts of what it is that gives judges judicial athority. The law allows, and rightfully so, that judges be given immunity so that they can do their job. Judges make tough and controversial decisions and without immunity they'd be getting sued all the time for doing their legitimate work. It would be nice if the rest of us had some immunity to do our legitimate work, but don't get me started on that.