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BY JASON LEMON ON 3/26/22 AT 1:35 PM EDT
A growing number of legal experts and lawmakers believe Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from judicial decisions related to the events of January 6, 2021 after the revelations about his wife Virginia Thomas' text messages with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows ...
"Clarence Thomas cannot sit on any matter involving the election, the invasion of the Capitol, or the work of the January 6 Committee," New York University law professor Stephen Gillers told The New Yorker, asserting that the judge's wife "crossed a line."
"I agree fully with NYU's Stephen Gillers," Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe tweeted on Friday. "Justice Thomas must take no part in the consideration of any case related to the 2020 election, the 1/6 Committee, the attempted coup, or the insurrection" ...
https://www.newsweek.com/calls-clarence-thomas-recusal-intensify-wake-wifes-1-6-texts-1692164
Eliot Rosewater
(31,096 posts)struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)Lettuce Be
(2,336 posts)Self-policing my eye.
elleng
(130,126 posts)Questions will arise, of course, when the various/many issues INVOLVING the events of January 6, 2021 come before the Court.
Tetrachloride
(7,721 posts)Putin, Thomas, RonJon and more are the lightning rod issues for the elections ahead.
The sunshine issues are all the usual ones enhanced by Team Biden. Leading the way are Ukraine, President Zelenskyy, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Hammer home all the issues.
Clarence is going to get as many sleepless nights as Putin.
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)dlk
(11,425 posts)A more thorough investigation would likely reveal the recent decision not to recuse wasnt a one-off. Ginny and Clarence are a team.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)He should retire immediately or be investigated for trading his votes for his wifes salary.
BGBD
(3,282 posts)But he won't and there's nothing anyone can do to make him or punish him for being corrupt. He doesn't face elections and Republicans would rather die than remove him.