Hi, On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:48 PM Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> wrote: > > the ability to talk privately with the committee is something CTTE has > allowed for a long time
Debian has many great traditions, but the Magna Carta is much older. I found a great article about it ([1], p. 5): "the simple human need for fairness, reflected in western jurisprudence since at least 1215 when it was pronounced in the Magna Carta, underlies the legal concerns about ex parte communications during administrative decisionmaking processes. Fairness certainly requires an impartial decisionmaker, and often the appearance of impartiality can become as important a factor in the legal review of fairness as actual impartiality." The State of Hawai'i publishes a simpler guidance prohibiting private communications with a judge. [2] Kind regards Felix Lechner [1] https://www.cacities.org/Resources-Documents/Member-Engagement/Professional-Departments/City-Attorneys/Library/2016/Annual-2016/10-2016-Annual_Calonne_Lets-Ex-Parte!-The-Limits-a.aspx [2] https://www.courts.state.hi.us/self-help/exparte/ex_parte_contact
