The VERY STRONG CASE for IMPEACHING Clarence Thomas

[Mc Mike]

69. I remember Marshall said

'there's no difference between a black snake and a white snake', when discussing Thomas. It was ironic that the repug party and Thomas were both opposed to Affirmative Action, and the bush nomination of Thomas was based purely on finding someone with Thomas's skin color who also backed the racist right wing repug agenda, regardless of qualifications or competence -- which is the very thing repugs pretend to be the reason why they oppose Affirmative Action.

I think the Anita Hill scandal would sink any Dem political figure, regardless of race, while repugs like Thomas and Vitter are immune, regardless of race.

Ginny Thomas had and has interests that should have forced Thomas to a conflict of interest recusal in bush V. Gore in 2000, and Citizen's United, and Health Care Reform. There were also family members of Rehnquist and Scalia getting conflict of interest paybacks from the l'il bush Admin. after their 2000 decision. Janet and James Rehnquist got appointments from l'il bush, and Gene Scalia worked for Ted Olson's law firm when it handled bush V. Gore, and got an appointment as a Labor Dept. Solicitor. I remember reading a nice little concise footnote in a political book or article that laid out conflicts of interest for 4 out of 5 Justices in bush V. Gore. When I read it, I thought 'there's nothing on Kennedy, but this explains the other 4 Justices' behavior'. I couldn't locate or remember the source of that footnote afterward, but it stated a conflict of interest also involving O'Connor's family, probably husband John.

A woman I've known for years from my neighborhood, who married a former Catholic priest, told me at a '12 election event that all the Catholic Supreme Court Justices (Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Roberts, and Kennedy) were Opus Dei members. I never got a chance to ask her about the source of her statement, but Scalia & Thomas definitely are, Alito is an extreme fringe politico in the exact same style, so it looks likely, though I haven't seen confirming evidence. There was a question about Roberts being Opus Dei on this site, but I didn't see confirming evidence of that, either.

And while Alito and Roberts weren't involved in the Court's 2000 selection of l'il bush, Kennedy was. He's often called a 'moderate' 'swing vote' and 'moderate Catholic', but though there was no provable family quid pro quo for his 2000 decision, he didn't show much moderate swing either. Same for his Citizens United and Voting Rights Act rulings.

Sorry about the unsubstantiated stuff I wrote here to you about O'Connor and Kennedy, I realize my say so isn't proof, but I'm not trying to deal you red herrings, just saying what I remember or conjecture.