Editorial: Given the activism of Virginia Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas must not refuse to recuse
Which is worse? A Supreme Court justice’s wife working actively to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election or her husband’s refusal to recuse himself from cases related to her cause? Answer: They’re both bad. Both reek of what Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor aptly called the “stench” of partisanship in public perceptions that the Constitution and its reading are “just ...
Which is worse? A Supreme Court justice’s wife working actively to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election or her husband’s refusal to recuse himself from cases related to her cause?
Answer: They’re both bad.
Both reek of what Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor aptly called the “stench” of partisanship in public perceptions that the Constitution and its reading are “just political acts.”
Neither is even remotely acceptable for an institution our nation and the rest of world look to as a beacon of accountability and the rule of law, especially at a time when those core principles of democracy are
