Kentucky State Police Department v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

How later courts describe this case

• adopting totality of the circumstances approach in evaluating allegations under section 455(a)
• "whether an objective, disinterested lay observer fully informed of the facts underlying the grounds on which recusal was sought would entertain a significant doubt about the judge's impartiality"
• Department of Justice attorney who was terminated for whistleblowing lacked statutory entitlement to position and did not state a claim for violation of due process
• "[b]y initially pursuing relief with the NLRB the employees have implicitly recognized the Board’s jurisdiction over their claims.”
• "the state’s interest in protecting its citizens from fraud and misrepresentations does not outweigh our concern in protecting the NLRB’s jurisdiction from erosion through state regulation”