Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal five-member court had to hold a public hearing before deciding the recusal requests
Solution extraite
No. The appellant did not show a violation of the Constitution, the ECHR, or cantonal law, and he had waived the announced hearing by stating he would not appear.
Motifs extraits
The court could decide summarily where it declared the requests inadmissible for formal reasons; in any event, the appellant's faxed notice amounted to a valid waiver of the hearing.