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Could Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be impeached?
That's a question many are revisiting in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Thomas was a part of the majority in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which was handed down on Friday, June 24, and which ended the constitutional protection of abortion rights by overturning Roe.
Thomas's vote, however, is not central to why lawmakers and advocates alike are discussing impeachment (or, at the very least, demanding a few explanations). Talk of removing him from the court has been simmering for a while now, and was reignited in March (at least a full month before the court's vote regarding Roe was leaked), after Thomas failed to recuse himself when hearing a case regarding the January 6 committee's access to former president Donald Trump's documents, despite an apparent conflict of interest: His wife, Virginia Ginni Thomas, was allegedly in communication with Trump administration officials in the weeks leading up to the insurrection.
On March 29, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Thomas should resign, suggesting that if he didn't, his failure to recuse himself from matters involving his wife and his vote to block the Jan 6th commission from key information should be investigated and could serve as grounds for impeachment.
https://www.glamour.com/story/why-people-are-calling-for-congress-to-impeach-clarence-thomas ribers
Initech
(100,081 posts)He outed himself as a hyper-partisan asshole with a very anti-liberal, anti-democratic, and extremely radical and dangerous right wing religious agenda with a motive to "make liberals miserable". So that should be more than enough to get his ass removed from the court for good. And yeah, fuck that worthless piece of shit.
Plus his wife helped plan the January 6th Insurrection. That just adds fuel to the fire.
duckworth969
(600 posts)
please sign it!
Theres simply no good reason not to do that, one less fascist on our streets!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,355 posts)He's not the only one exhibiting bad "behaviour"; those dispensing with stare decisis and giving out rulings which are obviously contrary to the U.S. Constitution are likewise misbehaving.