[where's_the_Outrage?]

Isn’t this the same argument leftists are using to try to get Clarence Thomas to recluse himself because of his wife?

[gibsonguy]

Don’t be ridiculous, it’s not even close.

[ought-six]

“Isn’t this the same argument leftists are using to try to get Clarence Thomas to recluse himself because of his wife?”

The cases are different. In the Sussmann matter the conflict arises because the judge has personal connections to some of the parties.