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The former president has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling in Colorado that he is ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A group of House Democrats on Thursday called on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on Colorado's Republican primary ballot.

Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court ruling last month that disqualified him from appearing on the ballot over his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The former president’s appeal came after the state’s Republican Party filed its own appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court's decision. The state court put its ruling on hold to allow for appeals, meaning Trump could remain on the ballot pending U.S. Supreme Court action.

A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Hank Johnson, of Georgia, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee’s courts subcommittee, demanded that Thomas recuse himself from the case in a letter dated Thursday.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 88 points 10 months ago

“I could recuse myself to help settle down the corruption cases building against me…. Naaaa, I’m a fucking Supreme Court justice, I AM the law”

[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

i feel like there's a good Judge Dredd photoshop waiting to happen here...

[-] shikitohno@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

If you could offer enough money, you could probably get him to show up to hear cases dressed liked Judge Dredd.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

That would be a bribe and Justice Clarence Thomas has proved time and time again that he's never accepted a bribe!

He'll accept a gift, though. If you buy him, like, 300 Judge Dredd costumes and a couple for his mom, then it would just be bad manners not to wear them, right?

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago
[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

well, at least AI is good for something

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

I mean, given that Roberts is scared of AI, and I'm not wasting more on Clarence than the four minutes it took to generate this, it seemed appropriate.

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 59 points 10 months ago

we are well beyond anyone in the SC recusing themselves for any reason. these dems are smokin the reefer

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

I get that they want to be on record pressuring him to recuse himself from the trial but I agree, this seems like a waste of breath.

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago
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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

Urging Clarence Thomas to behave ethically is like urging an oil tycoon to put the lives and health of people over profits.

Neither is ever going to happen unless you force them to.

[-] CodeName@infosec.pub 37 points 10 months ago

It really fucking sucks that this angry asshole who's primary motivation is getting revenge on the people who once tried to hold him accountable for being a serial sex pest has the ability to fuck the entire country for the rest of his life with zero recourse to stop him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/clarence-thomas-told-clerks-he-wants-to-make-liberals-miserable-2022-6?op=1

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 11 points 10 months ago

This was what I immediately thought of. I think his usual "look" is an attempt to try not to laugh maniacally at how much he loves being a partisan hack with impunity.

[-] butt_mountain_69420@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

There is recourse, but that sort of thing only happens to democrats. We just don't have the 'unhinged violent nutjob' supply the bad guys do.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago

Is his wife facing charges for being a leader of the movement that led to Jan 6th?

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Who put this pubic hair in my Supreme Court?"

[-] Human@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago

I swear the finger-wagging will work this time! Come on everyone, behave and follow the rules! /s

Seriously though, when will Dems key into the fact that the right doesn't give a fuck about rules or institution? They've been doing obstructionist politics since Obama. They are obviously not interested in playing fair or governing effectively.

So, at what point do Dems become complicit?...

*I am not saying; don't vote blue. Im saying we have to demand more from those who we elect before it is too late.

Its almost too late.

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

How about they stop "urging" the enemy to stop doing something, and instead of being feckless whiners, actually put on their big-boy pants and MAKE THEM!

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Often, the only way to make them is to change the law, and that can't be done without the consent of their corrupt allies in the Legislative Branch.

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[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

He will if Dems pay him enough.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The problem is house democrats arent using speech to tell him. Loads and loads of $peech.

[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I'll take Things That Won't Happen for 200, Alex

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That was my first impulse but he def doesn't know French so I thought it would be ~~incongress~~ incongruent

La loi, c'est 💋, 👨‍🍳

[-] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

"No" -Clarence Thomas

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Narrator: He didn’t.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Could we start a go fund me so we could pay him to vote in favor of democracy?

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A group of House Democrats on Thursday called on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on Colorado's Republican primary ballot.

“This time, we must urge you to recuse yourself from any involvement in the case of Anderson v. Griswold, because your impartiality is reasonably questioned by substantial numbers of fair-minded members of the public, who believe you wife Virginia ('Ginni') Thomas’s substantial involvement in the events leading up to the January 6 insurrection, and the financial incentive it presents for your household if President Trump is re-elected, are disqualifying,” the lawmakers wrote.

“It is unthinkable that you could be impartial in deciding whether an event your wife personally organized qualifies as an ‘insurrection’ that would prevent someone from holding the office of President.”

Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Glenn Ivey of Maryland, Gerald Connolly of Virginia, Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, Jasmine Crockett of Texas, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Dan Goldman of New York also signed the letter.

But Thomas continues to face scrutiny for refusing to recuse himself from several other Jan. 6-related cases, including one involving whether Trump has presidential immunity from federal prosecution.

The Supreme Court last month denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request to step in ahead of the normal appeals process.


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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

just give him a new pillow and he'll just fall asleep through it. if you tell him it costs a thousand dollars, he'll happily accept it.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

So 5-3 to keep Trump on instead of 6-3. It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

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