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The evidence of Thomas’ serious misconduct continues to mount … what more does it take for Dick Durbin to initiate a formal investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee?
I need to hear a steady drumbeat to remove this corrupt SOB from the bench from all levels of government and I’m not hearing it. It’s as if we’re just going to accept that all Republicans are corrupt and not do a damn thing about it. It’s just baked into the system.
It hardly matters. It would take a majority of the House to impeach Justice Thomas, and the Speaker would have to be willing to even entertain such a vote. (Spoiler: That ain’t gonna happen.) And, it would require 67 votes in the Senate to remove Justice Thomas from the bench. (Spoiler: That ain’t happenin’, either.)
Perhaps enough pressure could be brought that he’d resign in embarrassment, but, there’s this thing about trying to shame the shameless… it’s not possible to do.
Now I’m coming to understand why Thomas kept his mouth shut all those years. He was afraid he’d let slip something that would incriminate him. Seriously though, his colleagues didn’t have any inkling this shit was going on? Really?!
It’s such a preposterous request that it left observers sputtering and confused. Can a judge even do that? Would U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dare grant such a request? Is there any precedent for such a thing (short answer: no).
There’s an information security officer (can’t locate the reference) assigned under CIPA to manage the handling of national defence information in this case. Does he (legitimately) have something to say about how this is managed. Starting with ‘No, you don’t get a SCIF’?
Supplementary observation. Since presidents don’t need to pass a security clearance process, presumably former presidents don’t either. DOJ might want to mention that Trump was denied continuing security briefings, a courtesy normally extended to former presidents, shortly after Biden’s inauguration.