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RBG didnt self recuse a lot more times than that, cherry picking offenses doesnt work
Mark Paoletta
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To be clear, 28 U.S.C. 455 ("Disqualification of justice, judge") APPLIES to Supreme Court Justices. "(a)Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned."
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· Apr 5
NEW w/@haleytalbotnbc: House Judiciary Dems plan to hold a private meeting soon to discuss how they might further respond to conflict-of-interest accusations against Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas https://nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-are-weighing-stronger-response-justice-thomas-conflict-rcna23116…
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In 1993, 7 Supreme Court Justices issued a Statement of Recusal Policy APPLYING 28 U.S.C. 455. " We have spouses, children or other relatives within the degree of relationship covered by 28 U.S.C. §455 who are or may become practicing attorneys." http://eppc.org/docLib/20110106_RecusalPolicy23.pdf…
If House Judiciary Dems take up issue with new recusal standard applied to Thomases, I hope they discuss RBG voting on cases in which her husband's law firm appeared before Court. She even voted in favor of Marty's law colleagues' client. Conflict?
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Apr 5
Or RBG voting on cases in which Marty's client (Ross Perot's EDS) repeatedly appeared before Court and she did not recuse. Perot even endowed a chair in Marty's name at Georgetown Law! Still no recusal from RBG. https://newsweek.com/baseless-recusal-attack-clarence-thomas-opinion-1686780…
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Or how RBG sat on Bd of Directors for pro-abortion NOW Legal Defense Fund in 1970s, and never once recused from case in which NOW Legal Defense Fund appeared. She even autographed one of her opinions and donated it to NOW for a FUNDRAISER! Impartial??
Apr 5
Or spoke at NOW LDF lecture named after RBG (!) and had already 2 weeks earlier voted exactly how NOW LDF had advocated in its brief. Or voted the same way her daughter had advocated in an article written about a pending copyright case.
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