State Assembly accidently passes recusal amendment

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The state Assembly has approved a constitutional amendment this week that would impose strict rules requiring judges to recuse themselves from cases where they have a real or perceived conflict of interest. But as Gilman Halsted reports that’s not what the Republican majority meant to do.

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