Retroactive Recusal could wipe out Citizen's United!!!???!!!

[Donnachaidh]

Representative Slaughter was discussing this with Keith in the last few moments of his show!

holy shit! Holy shit! :bounce: :bounce:

[Unvanguard]

1. Not a chance in hell. Doubt it's even technically possible. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

3. Slaughter said the vote was 5 to 4

if a judge is forced to recuse - either Scalia or Thomas, it would go down.

[FBaggins]

6. "Forced" by whom?

There's no enforcement mechanism in the law. The final word on whether or not a USSC justice recuses him/herself is... that justice.

[Donnachaidh]

7. this is over Thomas' wife's political work, and his conflict of interest

they are looking into the cases he was in on, but had obvious conflicts.

[FBaggins]

8. You didn't answer the question.

You can't force a USSC judge to retroactively recuse himself from a case.

Congress could impeach him, but that's obviously not going to happen.

Who is the "they" who are going to get this done?

Also, there doesn't appear to be any "there" there. He failed to properly file disclosures, but that didn't hide his wife's political activities (that were common knowledge), so there isn't anyone (who argued a case before him) who could claim that it was hidden from them. His political activities "smell", but all you can do is shed light on them (which is really what this ongoing "recusal" story is all about. They can't imagine that it would go anywhere except to make him look bad.

[Donnachaidh]

11. Rep Slaughter was discussing it tonight on Countdown

Go to the website and watch the clip.

[FBaggins]

13. You're still not answering the question.

One can only assume at this point that that's intentional.

[unblock]

15. the only scenario i can think of is a bargain -- he recuses himself in exchange

for not getting impeached.

of course, this would only work if impeachment were a viable threat, which it is not, at least not unless some rather more damning evidence surfaces.

[Unvanguard]

9. The case is over. There is no appeal. It is done. n/t

[fascisthunter]

2. Why Not...! Gives the Issue Attention!!

[Donnachaidh]

4. Keith is going to do something on it tomorrow

It's too soon to grab the video of the conversation.

[GreenStormCloud]

5. Nice dream. Now time to wake up to reality. N/T

[midnight]

10. I would love to see a link.... I think citizen's united has done enough damage...

[Coexist]

12. Here you go: Should Scalia and Thomas Be Retroactively Recused From Citizens United?

http://jonathanturley.org/2011/01/20/should-scalia-and-alito-be-retroactively-recused-from-citizens-united/

[senseandsensibility]

14. K and R, and it's nice to read something positive

although I'm not holding my breath, of course.

[SalviaBlue]

16. Thomas needs to be held accountable for his conflict of interest.

This would be great!!