CIT Judge Nominee Vaden Says Possible Recusal From Section 301 Litigation Would Be Case Dependent
The nominee for Court of International Trade Judge Stephen Vaden would need to review the specifics of a case that involves Section 301 tariffs before deciding whether a recusal is necessary, he said during a Nov. 13 Senate Judiciary Committee…
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hearing. Vaden, who is general counsel at the Department of Agriculture and a member of the board of the Commodity Credit Corporation, said that he was involved in some discussion of the Section 301 tariffs as they related to aid given to farmers. Asked by ranking member Dianne Feinstein of California whether those discussions might result in a recusal in cases involving the tariffs, Vaden said he would follow the judicial standards for making the decision. “I would need to take a look at the parties that were before me, the issues that they were bringing, consult the law and also potentially consult my fellow judges before making a decision on a case by case basis regarding recusal," he said.