claim: says justice elena kagan recused herself in "many cases where she had little role" as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict of interest.
author: anthony weiner
evidence_1: nov 16, 2011 ... in the epic battle to manufacture false equivalence, score another point for critics  of justice elena kagan, who is now being called upon to recuse herself from next  spring's landmark supreme court case about the affordable care act because  she had (gasping, clutching heart) … a job. in a searing ...
evidence_2: oct 9, 2012 ... justice kagan will not take part because she is recused – that is, she is not  participating because of an actual or potential conflict of interest. ... stems from  the fact that she served as the solicitor general when the department of justice  filed a friend-of-the-court, or amicus curiae, brief in the fisher case when ...
evidence_3: in 2009, kagan became the first female solicitor general of the united states. on  may 10, 2010, president barack obama nominated her to the supreme court to  fill the vacancy arising from the impending retirement of justice john paul  stevens, and she resigned her position as solicitor general in august 2010 upon  her ...
evidence_4: nov 29, 2011 ... three supreme court justices have been asked to recuse themselves, or step  aside, from the obama health care case, which is expected to be ... "the public  has a right to know both the full extent of justice kagan's involvement with this  legislation while she was (the justice department's) solicitor general, ...
evidence_5: dec 12, 2011 ... justice elena kagan said monday that she would recuse herself from the  challenge to arizona's controversial immigration law, presumably because she  served as president obama's solicitor general when the federal government filed  the original lawsuit against the state. her recusal opens up the ...