Clarence Thomas Faces Recusal Call From Democrats After Wife's Comment

Story by Kaitlin Lewis
September 10, 2024

"Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on #SupremeCourt Justice #ClarenceThomas to recuse himself from cases involving a religious legal group after his wife reportedly thanked the conservative organization for its efforts to block Supreme Court reform.

"Thomas, a conservative appointed by former President #GeorgeHWBush in 1991, has been one of the justices at the center of calls for court reform after it was revealed that he has accepted millions of dollars in gifts from some top #RepublicanDonors without disclosing the items and #LuxuryVacations to the court. Questions of Thomas' impartiality were also raised after his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, pressured officials to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of former President Donald Trump.

"Investigative outlet #ProPublica first reported last week that #GinniThomas recently praised conservative legal group #FirstLibertyInstitute in an email to the firm's president and CEO, Kelly Shackelford, for the organization's work in opposing change to the High Court."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clarence-thomas-faces-recusal-call-from-democrats-after-wife-s-comment/ar-AA1qhrqa?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=398ed4e8afc44324839a6d16b9a3560a&ei=8

#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#ArrestGinniThomas #ImpeachClarenceThomasYesterday #ImpeachJusticeThomas
#ScotusIsCorrupt #SCOTUS #ErikPrince #January6 #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #Blackwater #Academi #Theocracy #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #CorporateColonialism #SLAPPs #BigOilAndGas #StandWithStandingRock

#GinniThomas expressed her appreciation in an email sent to #KellyShackelford, an influential litigator whose clients have won cases at #SCOTUS. Shackelford runs the #FirstLibertyInstitute, a $25 million-a-year organization that describes itself as “the largest #legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans.”

Shackelford read Thomas’ email aloud on a July 31 private call w/his group’s top donors.

#law #ClarenceThomas #ethics

How MAGA SUPREME COURT Justices and FIRST LIBERTY Steal Your Freedoms
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/09/07/how-maga-supreme-court-justices-and-first-liberty-steal-your-freedoms/
#firstlibertyinstitute

Ginni Thomas Praises Group Working Against U.S. Supreme Court Reform
https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute

* First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford: call w. donors
* read supportive email f. Ginni Thomas
* leader of religious-rights group labels SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing stronger ethics code

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/04/ginni-thomas-privately-praised-group-opposing-reform-thank-you-so-so-so-much_partner

#ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #GinniThomas #FarRight #EnablingFascism #conservatism #GOP #FirstLibertyInstitute #KellyShackelford #ChristianRight #theocracy #LeonardLeo

Religious Privilege Above The Law – Dad’s Place Church Bryan Ohio

Pastor Chris Avell was criminally charged for housing the homeless in his church. Where do we draw the legal line especially when the lives of those struggling is in the balance?

https://glasscityhumanist.show/2024/religious-privilege-above-the-law-dads-place-church-bryan-ohio/

#BryanOhio #DadsPlaceChurch #FirstLibertyInstitute #homelessness #ReligiousFreedom #SeparationOfChurchAndState #SocialJustice

Compassion Collides with City Laws in the Case of Dad’s Place

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https://www.secularleft.us/archives/2024/01/compassion-collides-with-city-laws-in-the-case-of-dads-place.html

#1stAmendment #BryanOhio #ChrisAvell #ChurchAndState #DadsPlace #FirstLibertyInstitute

that #ohio pastor getting charged for sheltering homeless folks is obviously fucked, but i hope ppl don’t give #FirstLibertyInstitute too much credit here.
they’re generally busy doing their best to facilitate far right bigotry & discrimination. do NOT donate to them.

it’s a real “broken clock” moment.

Addendae 1

"Baseless Texas Lawsuit: Matthew Kacsmaryk Could Singlehandedly Shut Down Planned Parenthood
Abortion rights supporters fear Planned Parenthood will not get fair hearing before Matthew Kacsmaryk
https://msmagazine.com/2023/08/03/texas-lawsuit-planned-parenthood-kacsmaryk/

* Trump-appointed anti-LGBT anti-abortion judge
* will rule on lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Federation of America

https://persagen.com >> search: "Matthew Kacsmaryk"
"First Liberty Institute"

#Texas #abortion #MatthewKacsmaryk #FirstLibertyInstitute #PPFA

Addendum 1

Texas Senate Democrats Call Out Justices Kacsmaryk, O’Connor
Missive Against right-wing Judge Shopping
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-democrats-judges-kacsmaryk-oconnor-judge-shopping

Matthew J. Kacsmaryk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_J._Kacsmaryk
https://persagen.com/docs/matthew_jinc_kacsmaryk.html

Reed O'Connor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor
https://persagen.com/docs/reed_o_connor.html

#Texas #abortion #TexasSB8 #abortion #JonathanMitchell #HeartbeatBill #GOP #ReedOConnor #Kacsmaryk #FirstLibertyInstitute #ComstockLaws #ADF #AllianceDefendingFreedom #ConscientiousObjection #ChristianRight #neoconservatism

cont'd 3/

* Author Linda K. Wertheimer (https://www.lindakwertheimer.com), author of: Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance
@lindakwert

https://persagen.com >> search: "liberty counsel"
"Liberty Counsel" OR "First Liberty Institute"
"First Liberty Institute"
"liberty counsel" AND "alliance defending freedom"

#LibertyCounsel #FirstLibertyInstitute #AllianceDefendingFreedom #MatStaver #MatthewStaver #ChristianRight #FarRight #neofascism #CultureWars #homophobia #transphobia

Inside the Christian Legal Crusade to Revive School Prayer
Buoyed by the right-wing Supreme Court, Christian groups are laying the groundwork for public schools to veer back toward the 1960s

https://newrepublic.com/article/172477/inside-christian-legal-crusade-revive-school-prayer

* Comment: a long but well-researched, written article discussing religion in education, & school prayer in the Southern states (focus: Louisiana).

#Louisiana #ReligionAndEducation #SCOTUS #SchoolPrayer #religion #prayer #ChurchAndState #FirstLibertyInstitute #LibertyCounsel

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: All the Shady Things Surrounding the Abortion Pill Judge https://jezebel.com/all-the-shady-things-surrounding-the-abortion-pill-judg-1850361992 #Jezebel #joshhawleyerinmorrowhawley #firstlibertyinstitute #federalistsociety #matthewkacsmaryk #joshhawleyerin #lisamurkowski #susancollins #mifepristone #socialissues #donaldtrump #joshhawley #law2ccrime #leonardleo #tomcarter #abortion #roevwade #hormones #drugs #obama #erin #wade #roe #rtt

#Truth does not stop #Lies #Unethical Conduct #Corruption in #judicial #branch until we mandate that it does. The controversial article #MatthewKacsmaryk didn't disclose to the #Senate. The #judge,who delivered high-stakes #abortionpills ruling last week, #removed his# name from #lawreview article #criticizing #Obama era #protections for #transgender people & those seeking #abortions during his #judicial #nomination process, emails show. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/ #FirstLibertyInstitute #AntiChoice

David Von Drehle: Matthew #Kacsmaryk calls the right-leaning judicial branch’s bluff

"Amarillo is where so-called conservatives have engineered a cynical judicial tyranny in the person of Kacsmaryk. Formerly an attorney for the First Liberty Institute, a right-wing Christian law firm, Kacsmaryk has written that Roman #Catholic doctrine concerning #marriage, family and #sexuality — including a hard line against #abortion and even #contraception — should be codified in American law. I’m not sure where he came up with that, but it certainly was not from the Founding Fathers. 'Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?' John Adams mused to Thomas Jefferson. No, Jefferson opined: 'In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty."

#theocracy #firstlibertyinstitute
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/12/texas-abortion-judge-kacsmaryk-mifepristone

@Deji "Before being nominated to the federal bench by #Trump in 2017, #Kacsmaryk served as deputy GC at the #conservative #FirstLibertyInstitute. He argued against #SameSexMarriage, #CivilRights #protections for #gay and #transgender individuals, the #ContraceptiveMandate and, of course, #RoevWade." This is all about #politicizing #hatred #abuse & #ideology to #dissolve #democracy - managed via #collusion of #laserfocused #acolytes placed in #powerful roles from which they cannot be removed.

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: The Case That Could Ban the Abortion Pill Nationwide Is in the Hands of the Worst Possible Judge https://jezebel.com/judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-federalist-society-leonard-leo-1850170444 #Jezebel #supremecourtoftheunitedstates #firstlibertyinstitute #crisispregnancycenter #federalistsociety #business2cfinance #matthewjkacsmaryk #matthewkacsmaryk #kellyshackelford #carrieseverino #clarencethomas #rogerseverino #unitedstates #lawbycountry #concordfund