Lefties out to get Justice Thomas for decades
Mark Paoletta@MarkPaoletta
THREAD: 1/11
@JaneMayerNYer and her fellow lefties are ramping up attacks on #SCOTUS as they fear Supreme Court getting ready to issue a whole host of decisions they won’t like. Note Mayer’s pathetic “hit” piece today on Ginni Thomas and Justice Thomas. It’s a dud
2/11 @RuthMarcus
new attacks on #SCOTUS,
@NinaTotenberg
false “maskgate” re Gorsuch. They’re really mad #SCOTUS is returning to originalist jurisprudence led by Justice Thomas. More desperate attacks are coming.
@NYTimes @DannyHakim
looking for many months for dirt on Thomas.
3/11 Mayer piece full of lies/distortions/agenda. In attempting to smear J. Thomas for not recusing in cases due to G. Thomas’ views or activities, Mayer claims DC Cir Judge Pillard recuses from cases where ACLU (her husband
@DavidColeACLU
is Legal Dir) has filed amicus brief.
4/11 Pillard shouldn’t have to and doesn’t do that. Cole’s name is on ACLU’s brief in Mazar v Trump (whether Trump must obey congressional subpoena for docs). Pillard properly participated in en banc panel of petition to rehear case. Mayer’s claim is false
5/11 Pillard acted 100% appropriately. She should not have recused. ACLU is not a party in case & husband didn’t have interest that could be substantially affected by outcome.
6/11 The late Judge Reinhardt (liberal icon of 9th Cir) made exact argument when he refused to recuse from a case in which his wife, the head of the ACLU/SoCal, expressed views and filed brief on issue before his court. Read his opinion: https://cite.case.law/f3d/630/909/
7/11 Same principles hold for Justice Thomas and Ginni Thomas. He is 100% correct not to recuse from any case because of her views or activities to date.
8/11 Reinhardt:“It is also important…judges not recuse themselves unless required to do so, or it would be too easy for those who seek judges favorable to their case to disqualify those that they perceive to be unsympathetic merely by publicly questioning their impartiality."
9/11 Justice Scalia: Broad recusal standard “would also encourage so-called investigative journalists to suggest improprieties, and demand recusals, for other inappropriate (and increasingly silly) reasons.” Mayer’s piece is definition of Reinhardt and Scalia concerns.
10/11 Mayer constructs false facts to smear Justice Thomas & Ginni Thomas. She started in 1994 with her book Strange Justice, her error-filled, malicious attack on J. Thomas. She can’t stop. Her obsession with Justice Thomas and Ginni Thomas: Sad!
11/11 Lefties have been after Justice Thomas for decades with repugnant attacks/tactics: Juan Williams 1991 piece – “liberals have become the abusive monsters” https://washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/10/10/open-season-on-clarence-thomas/1126ce5b-c63c-447b-b496-545b198d4dcd/…
Note: It's not working. He will never back down. See confirmation hearings.
2:25 PM · Jan 21, 2022
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