Justice Clarence Thomas Has Been Secretly Lobbying Senators to Get Trump Judicial Nominee Confirmed

[Soph0571]

In a rare move Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been secretly lobbying Republican Senators to urge them to vote to confirm President Donald Trump's highly controversial judicial nominee, Neomi Rao.
Justice Thomas "is working behind the scenes to boost the prospects of his former law clerk, Neomi Rao, to serve on a powerful federal appeals court in Washington," The Washington Post reports Thursday.
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Most recently, Judge, and now Justice Brett Kavanaugh sat on the D.C. Court of Appeals. Neomi Rao, whose rulings and stated beliefs are considered far out of the mainstream and by some entirely inappropriate for any judge sitting on the federal bench, is President Trump's nominee to replace Kavanaugh now that he has been elevated to the nation's top court. Four of the nation's current sitting Supreme Court justices came directly from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

[link:https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/02/justice-clarence-thomas-has-been-secretly-lobbying-senators-to-get-a-trump-judicial-nominee-confirmed/|

That whole three branches thing really is a pesky nuisance to these far right loons, is it not?

[janterry]

1. Is there any real check on the Supreme Court?

Even recusals are at the discretion of the individual justice (are they not)?

He never should have been confirmed. I remember those hearings. I watched them. It was just horrifying.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

2. Congress

Congress can impeach and remove them from the bench. That's it. And you are correct, recusals are entirely at the discretion of the Justice, no one can force them to recuse themselves.