Ethics

I previously covered the news of the recusal motion directed at Judge Levine in the suit over the Obama administration's moratorium on oil drilling.  Judge Levine declined to recuse himself and there were accusations that his decision to enjoin the moratorium were based upon his ties to the oil extraction industry.

Now comes a report from the Interior inspector general saying that the policy makers in the Obama administration has rewritten key passages in the experts' report to make it appear that the experts had recommended the moratorium.  I'm posting about the news story because it seems to confirm my intuition that when people accuse judges of bias, we need to evaluate the potential bias of the accusers as well.  The report is here.