Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the recusal appeal against Kantonsgerichtspräsident Walter Kobler was well founded.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The challenged facts did not objectively create an appearance of bias; the recusal request was rejected.
Extrahierte Begründung
The newspaper article did not show that the judge had made the alleged statements, and alleged procedural or substantive errors in the criminal trial did not, by themselves, establish bias absent especially grave or repeated misconduct.