Clarence Thomas Facing Calls For Recusal From SCOTUS Over Wife's Connection to Trump's Jan 6th Rally

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Clarence Thomas is facing calls for his recusal in the case over race-based affirmative action in college admissions that the court agreed to hear this week.

The case, which is being brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, is the latest potential conflict of interest involving Thomas and his wife Virginia Thomas. Ginni, as she is known, is a prominent right-wing activist who openly supports MAGA platform issues that frequently come before the Supreme Court.

Ginni Thomas founded her own lobbying company, Liberty Consulting, in 2010. By her own description, she has “battled for conservative principles in Washington” for over 35 years. Justice Thomas’s influence has soared in recent months with the rightward shift of the court following Donald Trump’s three nominations, to the extent that some pundits now dub him the unofficial chief justice of the court.

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[LoisB]

1. He should but he won't.

[Samrob]

2. There should be no need for a call. If he were a decent individual he would do it on his own.

Can't control his wife... He is a danger to democracy.

[Budi]

3. 👍 Yup.

He needs to resign, actually.

[wnylib]

13. Can't control his wife????

Now there's a misogynistic statement if I ever saw one. Harkens right back to the 1950s.

Thomas's obligation to recuse himself has zero to do with "controlling his wife." It is about conflict of interest.

[11 Bravo]

24. And if his aunt had balls, she'd be his uncle.

[dflprincess]

4. You'd think he'd resign to spend more time with his wife

Before she goes to prison.

[kimbutgar]

5. Nor will he refuse himself

He is such odious person. Who everyday disrespects our constitution.

He disgraces the Supreme Court.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Clarence Thomas needs to recuse himself from upcoming affirmative action Supreme Court case.

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[Mr. Ected]

7. I can't imagine any of the other Justices are pleased either

Makes a spectacle of them all. Sheds a light on their hyperpartisanship. Diminishes the stature of the Court.

The spirit of RBG is infuriated.

[WarGamer]

8. Yeah, he'll get right on that.

[wyn borkins]

9. Mr. Thomas: If You Are Reading This Comment

Please resign from our Supreme Court, as your continued service is a travesty and you know it.

[11 Bravo]

25. And take your Coke and that pubic hair with you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Who has more influence on supreme court: Clarence Thomas or his activist wife?

If Thomas had any character or ethics, he would recuse himself on these upcoming cases

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Clarence Thomas, the hardline conservative supreme court justice, is facing calls for his recusal in the case over race-based affirmative action in college admissions that the court agreed to hear this week.

The case, which is being brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, is the latest potential conflict of interest involving Thomas and his wife Virginia Thomas. Ginni, as she is known, is a prominent rightwing activist who speaks out on a raft of issues that frequently come before the nation’s highest court.

A one-person conservative powerhouse, she set up her own lobbying company Liberty Consulting in 2010. By her own description, she has “battled for conservative principles in Washington” for over 35 years.......

.Last week the supreme court rejected attempts by Trump to block the January 6 committee from acquiring his White House records from the time of the attack. There was only one dissent from the bench to that 8-to-1 decision: it came from Clarence Thomas.

“Ginni Thomas’s activities are unprecedented in supreme court history in terms of a spouse engaging in issues that are constantly before the court,” said Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, a non-partisan group which advocates supreme court reform. “The appearance of impropriety is in itself impropriety – all the supreme court has is the trust of the public, and once you chip away at that you are in trouble.”

[Hekate]

11. They are beyond corrupt. When I recall that he was chosen for Thurgood Marshall's seat ...

…I just want to gag at the depth of the insult to Justice Marshall.

[Montauk6]

12. He didn't see the light in 2000...

... y'really think the old dog's gonna learn new tricks?

[budkin]

14. They are both loathsome and corrupt

pieces of shit. He needs to resign.

[malaise]

15. Yes

Rec

[Emile]

16. There should be away to enforce the code of conduct on a supreme court justice.

[FreepFryer]

17. Let's see how much pressure there is If Ginni Thomas is arrested. (Nt)

[wyn borkins]

18. Now That (Ginni Thomas In The Slammer) Would Be Supreme (n/t)

[tanyev]

19. Pffft, recusal is for suckers with an ethical compass.

[dalton99a]

20. Ginni Thomas is a stupid and vile character

[Poiuyt]

21. Clarence Thomas? Act ethically?

I don't think so

[Baitball Blogger]

22. Clarence Thomas' biography is going to be a lesson on how

America lost its groove.

[Tickle]

23. He's the next

one to resign, my guess. More so because of his age not his wife. I suspect he’ll wait for 2024 to see if his people get in the house

[live love laugh]

26. His true character shows in that pic. Disgusting.