The donations, however, represented about sixty percent of all his campaign money. 但是,该项捐款约占他竞选费用的 60% 。
The United States Supreme Court found that the "extreme facts" of the case raised the probability of bias to an unconstitutional level. 美国最高法院发现,此类 “ 极端事例 ” 使偏袒的可能性达到违宪的程度。
Not every campaign gift requires a judge's recusal, the court said, "but this is an exceptional case." 最高法院说,并非所有的竞选捐赠都要求法官回避, “ 但这是一特例 ” 。
Yet the nine justices were narrowly divided in their opinion. 然而,九位法官的正反意见极为接近。
Chief Justice John Roberts was one of four dissenters. 首席法官约翰.罗伯茨曾是四位反对者之一;