re: #189 Rightwingconspirator

Judging by your ding in my post above you really think Clarence Thomas broke the established standard for Federal Judges as to when to recuse themselves.

No, I think your analogy is terrible, badly-thought out, and verging on the offensive.

Well , we certainly do disagree on that point. As much as you disagree with my thinking above, I think you are lowering the standard for Judge Thomas to suit your own position, rather than looking at the legal standards.

You’re ignoring what I’m writing.

Clarence Thomas’s wife both advocated and profited— and since he’s part of that household, he profited— from her advocacy against gay marriage.

The judge had no financial interest, and it makes no more sense to say he should recuse himself than Clarence Thomas and the other Supremes should recuse themselves because they are (presumably) heterosexual