claim: "under the clear letter of the law, (justice clarence thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.
author: anthony weiner
evidence_1: feb 9, 2011 ... y.) and 72 other colleagues wrote thomas on wednesday to ask him to sit out  any supreme court review of president obama's healthcare law, citing the work  by ... demanded u.s. supreme court justice clarence thomas recuse himself  from any case examining the constitutionality of healthcare reform.
evidence_2: aug 17, 2011 ... supreme court justice clarence thomas and his wife, virginia, listen as he is  introduced prior to speaking at the federalist society in washington on nov. ...  nor should virginia thomas' public opposition to matters such as the obama  health care law require justice thomas to recuse himself from future ...
evidence_3: judicial disqualification, also referred to as recusal, is the act of abstaining from  participation in an official action such as a legal proceeding due to a conflict of  interest of the presiding court official or administrative officer. applicable statutes  or canons of ethics may provide standards for recusal in a given proceeding or ...
evidence_4: aug 29, 2011 ... will clarence and virginia thomas succeed in killing obama's health-care plan?  ... following month, seventy-four members of congress called on thomas to  recuse himself from any legal challenges to president obama's health-care  reform, because his wife has been an outspoken opponent of the law.
evidence_5: jun 1, 2012 ... four house democrats sent a letter to justice thomas asking him to recuse  himself from the case “because of his wife's ties to a lobbying group that opposes  the health care law.” huma khan, should supreme court justices clarence.  thomas, elena kagan sit out health care case?, abcnews (feb.