[JURIST] Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday in his year-end report [text, PDF] expressed complete confidence in the ability of the US Supreme Court [official website] justices to recuse themselves from cases with a personal interest at stake. Roberts' comments came amid controversy over whether two justices on the Court should recuse themselves [AP report] when the Supreme Court decides the constitutionality [SCOTUS blog] of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] this term. Republicans have called on Justice Elena Kagan to step off the case based on her work as solicitor general under the Obama administration...