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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI was a little disappointed that Judge Jackson agreed to recuse herself . . .
. . . in an affirmative action case involving Harvard. Mind you, I'm not suggesting that her recusal is inappropriate. But I wish she had said something like this:
Senator, the Court at present has no coherent recusal policy, other than the self determinations of individual justices. As a result, we saw Justice Scalia refuse to recuse himself in a case involving a hunting buddy, and Justice Thomas has sat on cases involving political organizations with which his wife has been closely involved. If and when the justices of the Supreme Court come up with a coherent recusal policy that applies to all justices equally, independent of their self determinations as to their ability to remain impartial, I will happily abide by it. Until then, I will make my own recusal decisions as and when those cases come before me, the same as all of the other justices on the Court.
And yes, I understand why she didn't say that. But hey, a guy can dream, can't he?
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I was a little disappointed that Judge Jackson agreed to recuse herself . . . (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Mar 2022
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. Dream on-- but you are far from alone.
tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)2. Once on the court
Once on the court just don't recluse yourself, what are they going to do at that point?
Say you don't see any other justice recusing themselves so you aren't going to either, again, what
are they going to do?
Shermann
(7,358 posts)3. Too much like a whataboutism defense nt
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)4. Just once I would love to see this response
"Senator, and I use that term loosely, I give you the same response the defenders of snake island gave the russian warship... go fuck yourself."
Love it!
dem4decades
(11,244 posts)6. She said she was planning on it, plans change. Thomas never recuses.
Blame him.
dchill
(38,322 posts)7. "Hell no, screw that!"