First Adopted: July 20, 2011
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2012
Rule 2 | Canon 2 | A Judge Shall Perform the Duties of Judicial Office Impartially, Competently, and Diligently
2- 2. 4 | External Influences on Judicial Conduct
(A) A judge shall not be swayed by partisan interests, public clamor or fear of criticism.
(B) A judge shall not permit family, social, political, religious, or other relationships to influence the judge’s judicial conduct or judgment.
(C) A judge shall not convey or permit others to convey the impression that any person or organization is in a special position to influence the judge.
Comment
[1] A fair, impartial, and independent judiciary requires that judges decide cases according to the law and facts, without regard to whether particular laws or litigants are popular or unpopular with the public, the media, government officials, or the judge’s friends or family. Confidence in the judiciary is eroded if judicial decision making is perceived to be subject to inappropriate outside influences.
(Adopted July 20, 2011, effective January 1, 2012.)