Critics Clamor For Clarence Thomas To Quit, Be Impeached Or Recuse Himself From Cases

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his “Stop the Steal” activist wife have “done enough damage” to the integrity of the nation’s top court that it’s time for Thomas to “do the country a service by stepping down,” declared a scathing opinion piece Friday by a member of The New York Times editorial board.

The call for Thomas to quit comes in the wake of the revelation Thursday that dozens of emails were sent by the justice’s “supremely well-connected right-wing agitator” wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, as she worked “feverishly” to press then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to overturn a legitimate presidential election that Donald Trump had “incontrovertibly” lost, Jesse Wegman wrote in the Times.

Others on Friday were calling for Thomas to be impeached.

“The revelations that Ginni Thomas advocated for the overthrow of our democracy are disqualifying — not just for her ... but for her husband,” Women’s March Executive Director Rachel O’ Leary Carmona said in a statement.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/critics-clamor-clarence-thomas-quit-005200293.html

[alwaysinasnit]

1. If John Roberts doesn't at least take Thomas aside and convince him to resign, much like the case

with Abe Fortas, then Roberts has to own up to the fact that whatever smidgen of legitimacy the SC has left, is gone.

https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the-spectacular-fall-of-abe-fortas

[WarGamer]

3. not even the smallest chance

[alwaysinasnit]

4. I agree, which means that Roberts' legacy, assuming he values it, will be seen as him

presiding over one of the worst, most partisan and corrupt courts in our history.

[madville]

5. Correct

Thomas isn’t going anywhere or doing anything until he passes, and he doesn’t have to, SC justices don’t answer to anyone in this system.

[lapucelle]

12. I think there might be a chance. Roberts has been marginalized in his own Court.

He might see a second Biden pick as an opportunity not only to protect the institution, but also to regain his own power.

John Roberts is no longer the leader of his own court. Who, then, controls it?

Chief justice no longer sits in supreme court’s ideological center and has lost the power to cast the deciding vote in any ruling

When Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the decisive vote in 2012 that upheld Barack Obama’s signature achievement in office, the Affordable Care Act, he reportedly did so following a month-long campaign by fellow conservatives to try to get him to join their side.


His decision to side with liberal colleagues inspired ire on the right but it also cemented the chief justice’s role as the leader of his own court. That was then.

Last week [October 4, 2022], as the Supreme Court began a new session that will include rulings on abortion, gun rights, and torture, Roberts no longer holds the coveted role of sitting in the court’s ideological center.

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“Roberts is only marginally in charge to the extent that he can bring Kavanaugh or Barrett with him,” said Josh Blackman at the South Texas College of Law Houston.

For Blackman, it’s now Clarence Thomas, the most conservative member of the court, who rules. “I think we are living in Justice Thomas’s world. He is always thinking ahead several steps and has built an army of supporters,” he said.

Another court watcher, Elie Mystal at the Nation, said that it was true that conservative activists have – for decades - sought to put Thomas at the centre of conservative judicial movement because he has been a reliable supporter of the Republican agenda. But his extreme views have also made him an outlier.

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“I think the thing to watch is whether Roberts can pick off one of the members of the [conservative] super majority to have the result come out differently than the hard right would want,” said Epps. “I think it may not be his court, but his role is by far the most interesting of any of the justices because he is – and he alone – an institutionalist, in the sense that he really cares about the Supreme Court and his place in history, more than he really cares about his own policy goals.”

While Roberts is “very, very conservative”, he is not – Epps added – a “movement conservative”. Nor is he motivated by what Epps characterized as the “rage” of some of the other justices.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/oct/11/us-supreme-court-john-roberts-politics

[WarGamer]

13. even IF Roberts said "Thomas, you need to step down"

Thomas says "Go Fuck yourself"

Resignation, Death or Impeachment

[lapucelle]

14. So your "not even the smallest chance" referred to Thomas rather than Roberts? N/T

[WarGamer]

15. does it matter?

[lapucelle]

16. Yes. N/T

[WarGamer]

17. So some people would feel better if Roberts asked Thomas to step down...

And it's irrelevant that Thomas wouldn't resign?

[lapucelle]

18. Wait...what? Who said that?

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[WarGamer]

19. still zero chance.

[WarGamer]

2. If a critic clamors in the woods... does anyone hear it?

[Tetrachloride]

6. Wordplay attempt: CCR. Clarence Clearout or Retrieval

[Cha]

7. As CT should.. I don't buy his Shit

that he doesn't know what his Stupid Gaslit Batshit wife is up to.

💙💛

[BigmanPigman]

8. Congress could impeach him but not likely

https://www.businessinsider.com/impeach-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-ginni-mark-meadows-2022-3

Maybe he can be censured?

https://law.justia.com/constitution/nebraska/c0105030000.html

[2naSalit]

11. I think that...

Not only should he resign but all his lifetime benes should be rescinded. We shouldn't be covering for their medical bills and other benefits.