Alito's Conflict of interest

In an article in Reuters today, there is renewed criticism of Sam Alito's lack of recusal in a case in which he had a financial interest. The case involved the company Vanguard, a mutual fund company, from 2002. Judge Alito held Vanguard mutual funds and in 1990 when he was confirmed to the third circuit, he promised to recuse himself from any cases involving Vanguard. While he claims it was a 'glitch' in the computer system that checks for conflicts of interest, Judge Alito should have been aware of the conflict, since it had been specifically mentioned in his confirmation hearings (didn't he check for any conflicts of interest himself?). It also poses the problem that if he is confirmed, there will be a second justice on the Supreme Court that has not recused himself in a case of an obvious conflict of interest. The other one, of course, is Antonin Scalia (wasn't there another comparison made between the two?), who refused to recuse himself from the case involving Dick Cheney and whether he could keep the minutes and list of participants in his energy plan meetings secret. Prior to the case, Cheney and Scalia flew on Air Force Two and went duck hunting together. It is a cause for concern that 'Scalito' has also had conflict of interest problems and it should be vigorously discussed in his confirmation hearings.