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Judges shall ensure that his or her conduct, both in and out
of court, maintains and enhances the confidence of the
public, the legal profession, and litigants in the impartiality of
the judge and of the Judiciary
Confidence of all must be maintained and strengthened:
Judges must always act both in his public and private life
with dignity, honesty, competence, and independence. Such
actions result in enhanced credibility and moral ascendancy
to dispense justice fairly.
[Luque vs Kayanan]
Moral integrity; An indispensible virtue
[Talens-Dabon vs Arceo]
Judges must be like Caesar’s wife:
A judge has the duty not only to render a just and impartial
decision, but also render it in such a manner to be from
any suspicion to its fairness, impartiality, and the judge’s
integrity.
[Martinez vs Gironella]
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," Shakespeare tells us, and
no less easily ought the judge in his robes sit: while a monarch
shoulders the weight of a kingdom, the judge shoulders that of the
entire judicial system. For this very reason, the Supreme Court has
deemed that judges must avoid not only bias and impropriety, but
even the mere appearance thereof. This case is about preserving the
court's image as the guardian of justice, blindly and impartially
administered. In this case, the Supreme Court will determine the
standards by which a judge must recuse him or herself in order to
avoid sullying not only the judge's personal reputation, but also the
integrity of the judgment and the image of the courts themselves.