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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,534 posts)
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:38 AM Oct 2022

Justice Jackson Recused Herself From a Supreme Court Case. Your Move, Clarence Thomas!

Today, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments that will likely result in its overturning of affirmative action in education. The plaintiffs allege that race-conscious school admissions are a form of discrimination against White and Asian students. It’s bad! But there are actually two separate arguments today about the constitutionality about affirmative action, because Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from one due to a potential conflict of interest. Justice Clarence Thomas is seeing this, right?

Conservative activist Ed Blum is challenging the race-conscious admission policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University via his group Students for Fair Admissions. Justice Jackson attended Harvard and served for six years on its board, and she will not participate in the argument about Harvard; the arguments were previously grouped together, but today the court is hearing them separately.

Meanwhile, Justice Thomas is married to MAGA nutcase Ginni Thomas—who said under oath to the January 6 Committee that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and badgered former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to overturn the election—and he has not recused himself from any cases about said election or insurrection. As of May 2022, he hasn’t recused from any cases involving his wife’s political activism, including opposition to the Affordable Care Act. But Thomas has recused from cases involving his son’s employer or university.

Last week, Thomas raised eyebrows by temporarily blocking Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from having to testify in front of a Georgia grand jury about President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge that state’s election results. (Thomas is assigned to emergency appeals from the circuit court that oversees Georgia.) We’ll see how he votes when the full Supreme Court considers Graham’s appeal—it’s just wild that a man whose wife played an integral role in trying to overturn election results could be an integral player in legal proceedings around the same matter, which has far-reaching consequences for democracy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/justice-jackson-recused-herself-from-a-supreme-court-case-your-move-clarence-thomas/ar-AA13A4pz

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Justice Jackson Recused Herself From a Supreme Court Case. Your Move, Clarence Thomas! (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 OP
He will never do it. He is a morally bankrupt hypocrite JohnSJ Oct 2022 #1
Absolutely he is Rebl2 Oct 2022 #8
She has integrity. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2022 #2
Uncle Clarence is only there because of the pressure put on politicians walkingman Oct 2022 #3
LIKE IT republianmushroom Oct 2022 #4
Clarence Thomas knows how to recuse himself, gab13by13 Oct 2022 #5
That's a pretty revolting thought. n/t Harker Oct 2022 #7
Dems thinking that they can shame the GQP into doing right .... LenaBaby61 Oct 2022 #6

walkingman

(10,289 posts)
3. Uncle Clarence is only there because of the pressure put on politicians
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:45 AM
Oct 2022

caused by affirmative action. It certainly was not because of his intellect. He is disgusting.

gab13by13

(31,112 posts)
5. Clarence Thomas knows how to recuse himself,
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:57 AM
Oct 2022

he has done it numerous times. Ginni must be holding something over his head.

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
6. Dems thinking that they can shame the GQP into doing right ....
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:59 AM
Oct 2022

That will never happen in this environment, because all the GQP want is power and to destroy this country. Thomas is as guilty self-hating, treasonous, and evil as his big, stupid, treasonous wife. Dems just don't get that we're in a FIGHT against evil literally, and Dems keep wondering WHEN the GQP will turn the corner. The GQP won't turn any corners, because they give no fucks to give literally about right and wrong. It's like people don't get that the GQP wants to turn this country upside down, and most are in support of putin. How do you work with them? They've shown that they are bottomless pits, soul less and immoral. I know Judge Jackson has morals and ethics, but ..... I guess she knows the handwriting is on the wall and that Affirmative Action will be killed off with this mostly male, catholic, reich-winged, most crooked court EVER whose bought and sold to the Federalist society.

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