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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

The former president has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling in Colorado that he is ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A group of House Democrats on Thursday called on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on Colorado's Republican primary ballot.

Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court ruling last month that disqualified him from appearing on the ballot over his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The former president’s appeal came after the state’s Republican Party filed its own appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court's decision. The state court put its ruling on hold to allow for appeals, meaning Trump could remain on the ballot pending U.S. Supreme Court action.

A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Hank Johnson, of Georgia, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee’s courts subcommittee, demanded that Thomas recuse himself from the case in a letter dated Thursday.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 87 points 10 months ago

“I could recuse myself to help settle down the corruption cases building against me…. Naaaa, I’m a fucking Supreme Court justice, I AM the law”

[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

i feel like there's a good Judge Dredd photoshop waiting to happen here...

[-] shikitohno@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

If you could offer enough money, you could probably get him to show up to hear cases dressed liked Judge Dredd.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

That would be a bribe and Justice Clarence Thomas has proved time and time again that he's never accepted a bribe!

He'll accept a gift, though. If you buy him, like, 300 Judge Dredd costumes and a couple for his mom, then it would just be bad manners not to wear them, right?

[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

maybe just a yacht would do it...

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

And I'm here to remind you

Of the mess you made when you killed Roe v Wade

It's not fair, don't deny it!

The bribes you bear you say they gave away

You- you... Yacht ta know!

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago
[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

well, at least AI is good for something

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

I mean, given that Roberts is scared of AI, and I'm not wasting more on Clarence than the four minutes it took to generate this, it seemed appropriate.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Why is he scared of AI, did the Pope say something about it?

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Because AI is coming for all of our jobs! Fear, fear for your lives!

~~It's the usual conservative reactionary impetus.~~

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Rule of thumb: if you see "supreme" and "democracy" used simultaneously, someone is trying to fuck you.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

Brb, I'm gonna go talk to your mom about supreme democracy

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I left myself wide open. For shame

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Not as wide open as she is.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

...

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ₗᵢₖₑ ᵧₒᵤᵣ ₘₒₘ

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Fare thee well, Lemmy! * smoke bomb *

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm a little worried about what the fartographer puts in their smoke bombs.

[-] No1@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

This is such a dumb sentence...

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not as dumb as lifetime appointments in democracies, but go off

[-] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

I'll have uhh... a #9 double democracy supreme, with cheese

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