AP: Parties pressuring Kagan, Thomas to recuse themselves from health reform lawsuits

The Associated Press: Thomas, Kagan Asked To Sit Out Health Care Case
Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it's Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out. Neither justice is budging -; the right decision, according to many ethicists and legal experts. ... Republican lawmakers recently have stepped up their effort against Kagan, complaining that the Justice Department has not fully revealed Kagan's involvement in planning the response to challenges to the law. Kagan was Obama's solicitor general ... Democrats have said Thomas has a conflict of interest stemming from the work of his wife, Virginia, with several groups that opposed the health care overhaul (Sherman, 11/26).

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