Whether or not Simon should've recused, we're reminded of all the times we were told that a judicial spouse was their own person with their own opinions, and surely those things must not implicate the justice and whether he should participate in a certain case.
More then-Judge Barrett paperwork and an intrepid reporter finds more conflicted judges.
If you teach at a law school, and especially if the law school is paying you, you shouldn't be sitting on cases involving the university that the law school is a part of.