Key legal question
Whether the president of the Federal Supreme Court had to be recused because he had previously denied legal aid for lack of prospects of success.
Extracted holding
A judge is not deemed biased merely because he refused legal aid for lack of chances of success; the recusal request was therefore inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
Such a refusal, by itself, does not create an appearance of prejudice and does not trigger a recusal procedure under Art. 37 LTF.