He should not only be taken off the case, he should be charged with whatever crime that fits under. I'm not sure what the charges are for something like that, but it surely has to be a crime for a judge to take bribe money to effect the outcome of a legal case. However, The Left seem to live under a totally different law than the Right do, so there's usually not even a mention of any charges for many of these crimes the left commit. If it was any Conservative, they'd be on them like a dog on a bone.