The former president has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling in Colorado that he is ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The former president has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling in Colorado that he is ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A group of House Democrats on Thursday called on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot.

Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court ruling last month that disqualified him from appearing on the ballot over his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The former president’s appeal came after the state’s Republican Party filed its own appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision. The state court put its ruling on hold to allow for appeals, meaning Trump could remain on the ballot pending U.S. Supreme Court action.

A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Hank Johnson, of Georgia, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee’s courts subcommittee, demanded that Thomas recuse himself from the case in a letter dated Thursday.

  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
    87·
    11 months ago

    “I could recuse myself to help settle down the corruption cases building against me…. Naaaa, I’m a fucking Supreme Court justice, I AM the law”

    • WillyEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      if he hadn’t resigned, he won’t recuse.

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
      11·
      11 months ago

      This was what I immediately thought of. I think his usual “look” is an attempt to try not to laugh maniacally at how much he loves being a partisan hack with impunity.

  • Kecessa
    32·
    11 months ago

    Is his wife facing charges for being a leader of the movement that led to Jan 6th?

  • Human@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    121·
    11 months ago

    I swear the finger-wagging will work this time! Come on everyone, behave and follow the rules! /s

    Seriously though, when will Dems key into the fact that the right doesn’t give a fuck about rules or institution? They’ve been doing obstructionist politics since Obama. They are obviously not interested in playing fair or governing effectively.

    So, at what point do Dems become complicit?..

    *I am not saying; don’t vote blue. Im saying we have to demand more from those who we elect before it is too late.

    Its almost too late.

      • Human@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        You missed the greater point, in exactly the same way Dems do. I will try to put it a better way:

        Your thinking and planning is constrained by rules. Their thinking and planning is not. You play fair, while they cheat. This is a losing strategy.

          • Human@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Dont be obtuse. That minority gets the shit they want, regardless of public opinion.

            Look at the supreme court. Look at climate policy. Look at the popular vote. Look at gun policy. Look at reproductive rights. Look at trans rights. Look at the fairness doctrine. Look at health-care. Look at infrastructure. Look at public education. Look at higher education. Look at privatized-prisons. etc etc etc

            Im suggesting the democrats should do what they were elected to do; pass progressive policy and legislation.

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
    111·
    11 months ago

    How about they stop “urging” the enemy to stop doing something, and instead of being feckless whiners, actually put on their big-boy pants and MAKE THEM!

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      Often, the only way to make them is to change the law, and that can’t be done without the consent of their corrupt allies in the Legislative Branch.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
      11·
      11 months ago

      Sure they could at least call for an investigation into him, make sure while it is going on he is forced to testify in Congress.

  • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
    91·
    11 months ago

    The problem is house democrats arent using speech to tell him. Loads and loads of $peech.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A group of House Democrats on Thursday called on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot.

    “This time, we must urge you to recuse yourself from any involvement in the case of Anderson v. Griswold, because your impartiality is reasonably questioned by substantial numbers of fair-minded members of the public, who believe you wife Virginia (‘Ginni’) Thomas’s substantial involvement in the events leading up to the January 6 insurrection, and the financial incentive it presents for your household if President Trump is re-elected, are disqualifying,” the lawmakers wrote.

    “It is unthinkable that you could be impartial in deciding whether an event your wife personally organized qualifies as an ‘insurrection’ that would prevent someone from holding the office of President.”

    Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Glenn Ivey of Maryland, Gerald Connolly of Virginia, Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, Jasmine Crockett of Texas, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Dan Goldman of New York also signed the letter.

    But Thomas continues to face scrutiny for refusing to recuse himself from several other Jan. 6-related cases, including one involving whether Trump has presidential immunity from federal prosecution.

    The Supreme Court last month denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request to step in ahead of the normal appeals process.

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