While Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas seemingly fended off criticism for the luxury trips he took on the dime of a megadonor and his wife’s campaign to overturn an election that he weighed in on from the judicial bench, one U.S. senator has put his feet to the fire, possibly creating a gateway for a deeper look at Thomas’ ethics standards.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts called for Thomas to resign on Tuesday, April 25, echoing the demands of critics who say the justice is no longer fit to serve on the country’s highest court because of questions of partiality.
“I will say what needs to be said, Clarence Thomas needs to resign from the Supreme Court of the United States,” said Markey during a news conference. “His reputation is unsalvageable. It is evident that he cannot judge right from wrong, so why should he be judging the country’s most important cases on its highest court?”
Thomas’ ethics initially came into question in March 2022 when his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas admitted she attended the Jan. 6 rally that led to the diabolical riot at the nation’s Capitol.
It was later revealed that she took her campaign against President Joe Biden’s election further by sending at least 29 texts to the former president’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pushing him to be more militant in fueling claims of election fraud.
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While Ginni has said that she and her husband don’t share the same opinions and ideas, Thomas was the only justice who voted to prevent the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining White House records related to the riot.
The texts revealed during a committee hearing caused an uproar over his apparent conflicts of interest to rise, but it quickly faded. It resurfaced recently when his close relationship…
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