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  • Trump v. Hawaii with Trump-nominated Neil Gorsuch (not recusing).

  • In United States v. Nixon however "Justice William Rehnquist recused himself as he had previously served in the Nixon administration as an Assistant Attorney General". Rehnquist was also Nixon-nominated to the Supreme Court, but he didn't include in his recusal the latter reason.

I think the fact that there is a Senate confirmation for Supreme Justices makes the nomination remote enough not to be a reason for recusal. I'm not sure anyone has argued it explicitly along these lines though.