Clarence Thomas Faces Recusal Call From Democrats After Wife's Comment [View all]

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases involving a religious legal group after his wife reportedly thanked the conservative organization for its efforts to block Supreme Court reform.

Thomas, a conservative appointed by former President George H.W. Bush in 1991, has been one of the justices at the center of calls for court reform after it was revealed that he has accepted millions of dollars in gifts from some top Republican donors without disclosing the items and luxury vacations to the court. Questions of Thomas' impartiality were also raised after his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, pressured officials to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of former President Donald Trump.

Investigative outlet ProPublica first reported last week that Ginni Thomas recently praised conservative legal group First Liberty Institute in an email to the firm's president and CEO, Kelly Shackelford, for the organization's work in opposing change to the High Court.

Per the report, which included a clip of Shackelford reading Thomas' email aloud during a meeting with donors on July 31, the justice's wife wrote that she could not "adequately express enough appreciation for you guys pulling into reacting to the [President Joe Biden] effort on the Supreme Court."

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