The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas

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For 20 years, Ginni Thomas has been operating in the white-hot center of far-right activist circles, working with groups that take very public positions on Supreme Court decisions.

Her husband Clarence Thomas does not care how corrupt it looks.

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The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas
The Supreme Court justice refuses to recuse himself from cases in which his right-wing activist wife, Ginni, has a clear interest. The Democrats should punish him for it.
8:37 AM · Jan 24, 2022

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In a sane world, Jane Mayer’s excellent piece on Ginni Thomas in The New Yorker would set off a series of events that would lead to her husband Clarence Thomas’s impeachment and removal from the Supreme Court. Ginni is involved with numerous far-right organizations and schemes that take very public positions on court decisions across a range of social and political issues, such as last week’s 8–1 holding that Donald Trump could not block the release of documents related to the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

Thomas was the lone dissenter in that case. His wife sat on the advisory board of a group that sent busloads of insurrectionists to Washington on January 6. In addition, she cheered the insurrection on Facebook. It’s just the most recent example where she has been involved in activities that directly or indirectly place her activism before the court, and her husband does not care how corrupt it looks.

They’ve been doing this for years. This first occasion was back in 2000, in a case Mayer doesn’t even go into, when it was revealed after that election that as a Heritage Foundation staffer, Ginni was screening résumés for the incoming Bush administration while the nation awaited a ruling from the court on the Florida recount. There was pressure then on Thomas to recuse himself.

A decade later, when the first major Obamacare case came before the court, it was widely noted that Ginni’s group, Liberty Central, called the law a “disaster” and urged repeal. Again, there were calls for Thomas to recuse.

He didn’t do so in either case. And in the first one, he was part of the 5–4 majority in Bush v. Gore, one of the most self-discrediting decisions in the court’s history.

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[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. DO IT ALREADY!!

[MineralMan]

3. What do you suppose the odds might be for a 2/3 majority to convict

in the Senate? I'd say they are very, very, very long odds. Waste of time.

[dutch777]

6. Maybe totally justifiable but agree with this Senate make-up, Dems better focus on the midterms.

If power shifts then more Dem, let's hope and pray, then can consider this after new Congress is sworn in.

[MineralMan]

10. Exactly. Instead of focusing on things we can't do, we should

focus on things that are possible. Anything else is a complete waste of time.

[walkingman]

4. Another pile of crap we can thank the "Bush" family for.

[BradAllison]

5. We can't even pass a completely fair and reasonable spending bill or voter rights. n/m

[Hoyt]

7. Virtually no chance of removing him. But why not fail again with midterms, war, etc., on horizon?

[Baitball Blogger]

8. This is a perfect example of how right-wing operatives were able to use

a minority figure to hide behind as they pushed their racist agenda. It is the new 21st Century ploy to work around the usual protests. Using willing soldiers from minority groups like a shield.

The kids will learn about this in school, some day.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Until we solve the voting issues, impeaching anyone to the right of center is IMPOSSIBLE

Walking to the moon with a high school band in tow is more possible.