I have opposed Clarence “Teabag” Thomas for a long long time, beginning with watching Anita Hill testify at his confirmation hearing. Later, when he attended Koch Brothers strategy sessions with Herr Scalia, I thought there was justifiable grounds to impeach him, but sadly, grounds are not enough, no matter how right it would be to do so.
In 2011, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave a speech to the Federalist Society where he defended Ginni Thomas’ activism, saying he and Ginni "believe in the same things." Toward the end, he said they were "equally yoked" because they both were defenders of liberty.
That’s a lovely sentiment, but when placed in a larger context, particularly with regard to her current activism with the likes of True the Vote, the Daily Caller, and the entire Groundswell team, it’s an extreme conflict of interest.
Clarence Thomas is only one example of the conflicts in which our government is awash, but his is an egregious one…
…Let’s just get this out of the way right now. When a sitting Supreme Court justice is married to a woman who received nearly a million dollars from a wealthy Texas billionaire to oppose the Affordable Care Act in a high-profile fashion, the answer shouldn’t be that spouses are entitled to do whatever they want.
There are circumstances where they can’t do what they want, and one clear one is a situation where their spouse is going to rule on a related case. No other federal judge would be permitted to hear or issue opinions about cases where his or her spouse is publicly acting as advocate for one side or the other.
It’s unethical.
Inserted from <Crooks and Liars>
Here’s the audio.
I’ve seen video of Ginny in action, and she reminds me of Batshit B, but not quite as bright. You can be certain that Ginny would not have the high profile jobs or bring home the big bucks, that are a significant portion of Teabag’s family income, if Teabag were not part of the package that the Koch Brothers, et al, are buying. That’s bribery.
To impeach a supreme Court Injustice, you need articles of impeachment passed by a majority of the House and conviction in the Senate by a two thirds majority, 67 votes.
The Stanley Cup finals will be played in hell before either the current House or Senate goes along with those requirements. So, it we want to impeach Teabag, it’s up to us to change the makeup of the House and Senate. Teaching others why every Republican in office is one Republican too many is our job. Lets get to work!
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We certainly have an enormous task ahead. In the words of Ed Schultz "Let's get to work!
Amen, Patty!
There is a long-standing tradition of giving bribes (sorry I mean 'gifts' or vastly excessive payments for work) to spouses instead of the principal so that what is exactly going on can be concealed from the public – seems as though it is happening again.
Indeed it ius, Pat. The 1% loves British methods of corruption. 😉
Injustice Clarence Thomas: "…you're going to look around and wonder what happened to your great country…"
I'll tell you what happened in two words: Republicanus/Teabaggers!
What did and are they doing?
Subverting the Constitution
Subverting the will of the majority
Allowing unelected persons to effectively run the country by accepting their inducements
Subverting national interests to personal interests
Promoting inequality
Supressing the vote.
The list is endless. Need I go on?
" I’ve seen video of Ginny in action, and she reminds me of Batshit B, but not quite as bright." — Considering how absolutely unintelligent Batshit Bachmann is, Ginni Thomas must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
No matter how many times Thomas proclaims "no conflict of interest", I don't believe him. Not only that, I never believed him over the Anita Hill affair either.
There MUST be a cleaning of the Congress of all vermin. Fumigate in 2014!
You are sooo right!
Hear, hear!
If there is any way on this Earth to get rid of Mr. Thomas. let it be said time and time again!!! He is the worst SCOTUS Justice of all time!!!! How do we rid ourselves from this scurge?
Welcome, Vivian! 🙂
Amen to that! Thomas is to Justice as Bush is to President.
should have never been put on Supreme Court with Past foul play with Anita. Then he and his wife are making millions doing bad things from their position that Americans do not agree with.
Billy, I fully agree.
There is NO DOUBT that the Thomases have committed an impeachable offense.
Sadly, there is equally no doubt it will NOT happen.
God, I HATE Rethuglicans!
Assuming you are right, and I do, the idea of impeaching Teabag is still a wonderful motivation to continue in our quest to flush Republicans.
Lynn said it best, I totally agree with her. I was dumbfounded that he was appointed after the debacle with
Anita Hill. I firmly believe we should have term limits for Supreme Court Justices instead of a lifetime appointment, especially in view of those we have on the court today.
Edie, I agree, but it will require a Constitutional Amendment. The founding fathers never envisioned our life expectancy, no matter how hard Republicans try to lower it.
They are only trying to lower the life expetancy of us "common folk", not the elite who can afford the best of everything.
Amen!
True! The only two things the 1% don't get are the RepubliCare Death benefit and screwed!
I wonder if they like cream and sugar with their Teabuggery?! I suspect the cream would curdle and a teaspoon of sugar wouldn't help it go down!
No. They want gold and silver with it.
Tea-Bag Bitch…
Very egregious!!