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Why demands for Justice Thomas to recuse himself on Jan. 6 cases don’t meet the laugh test
American Thinker ^ | 30 Mar, 2022 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 03/30/2022 4:27:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The demands that Justice Thomas recuse himself from a case involving the January 6 incident because of his wife’s activities are silly. Similar demands for recusal of a prominent member of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals because of his wife’s related activities were dismissed out of hand, to the approval of the media, the legal establishment, and academia. See Salon, December 2, 2010:

An attempt to oust a liberal judge from hearing a landmark gay marriage case in California ended Thursday almost as quickly as it began.

Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request that he recuse himself from the case because his wife, Ramona Ripston, is a former head of the American Civil Liberties Union's Southern California office.

The ACLU is an outspoken opponent of Proposition 8.

Supporters of the gay marriage ban argued in court papers Wednesday that the judge appointed by President Carter would have trouble remaining impartial because of his wife's link to the ACLU.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: showtrial

1 posted on 03/30/2022 4:27:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The war against conservatives.


2 posted on 03/30/2022 4:27:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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The radical anti-American left doesn’t care ... that was then, this is now ... ends justifies the means.


3 posted on 03/30/2022 4:30:55 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: MtnClimber

did ginni thomas commit a crime?

yes, wrongthink


4 posted on 03/30/2022 4:31:34 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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If it weren’t for double standards, some people wouldn’t have any standards at all.


5 posted on 03/30/2022 4:32:02 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: MtnClimber

Meanwhile, the elephant in the room goes ignored.

Deep State controls the SCOTUS.

SCOTUS rules the way Deep State tells it to rule.

The rest is just more Kabuki theater.


6 posted on 03/30/2022 4:33:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: MtnClimber

Kagan refused to sit out the Obamacare case after she led the office that prepared the Obama administration’s defense before she was tapped for the high court. If there ever was a case for a SC justice to recuse oneself, this was it.


7 posted on 03/30/2022 4:38:39 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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I don’t see the liberals on the court recusing themselves in any cases.


8 posted on 03/30/2022 4:39:19 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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Two democrat pro-aborts on the Supreme Court went even further: They were the presiding judges over the ceremonies, the judge who signed homosexual marriage wedding certificates!


9 posted on 03/30/2022 4:42:12 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: MtnClimber

If Thomas recuses himself from 1/6, then Joe Biden should recuse himself of all things Ukraine.


10 posted on 03/30/2022 4:44:17 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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Where is NOW on this? The demand to recuse harkens back to the olden days when married women were treated as little more than minor children. They couldn’t own real property, even by inheritance, they couldn’t enter contracts, they couldn’t vote and had to get the husband’s consent for many things. And the husband could be held liable for his wife’s behavior. Yes, i know the answer, NOW is really NOLW (National Organization of Liberal Women.


11 posted on 03/30/2022 4:46:35 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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Senator upChuck Schumer did not recuse himself during Clinton senate impeachment “trial” after having voted against impeachment as a Congressman only a few months before.


12 posted on 03/30/2022 4:52:55 AM PDT by wny ( )
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This new nominee should recuse herself from any case involving men or women because she cannot define them.


13 posted on 03/30/2022 6:00:16 AM PDT by Singermom
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