Clarence Thomas Faces Call For His Disbarment

[kpete]

Source: Legal Schnauzer

Wednesday, March 2, 2011


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should be disbarred for his failure to truthfully complete financial-disclosure forms over a 20-year period, according to a complaint filed by the watchdog group Protect Our Elections (POE).

In a bar complaint filed with the Missouri Supreme Court, POE attorney Kevin Zeese says Thomas committed multiple violations of the Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct. (See full complaint below.) Zeese asks the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel to take immediate action against Thomas, including disbarment.

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POE makes a compelling argument that Clarence Thomas has no business sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court:

***** A lawyer who commits a crime is subject to disbarment. A lawyer who fails to disclose important financial information as require by law is subject to disbarment. A lawyer who makes rulings on cases that will benefit himself and his wife is subject to disbarment. A Judge who commits 20 crimes by falsifying 20 disclosure forms in order to enrich himself and his family, as did Justice Thomas, is subject to disbarment. A lawyer who withholds information about a supporter when ruling on a case involving that support is subject to disbarment.

*****Justice Thomas violated the Rules of Professional Conduct: he committed crimes that carry serious jail time if prosecuted, he acted in a untrustworthy manner, his conduct involved dishonesty, deceit and misrepresentation, and he engaged in conduct that seriously interfered with the administration of justice. Therefore, he must be disciplined.


Below is the full bar complaint against Clarence Thomas:

Read more: http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2011/03/clarence-thomas-faces-call-for-his.html

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COMPLAINT: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49830727/Clarence-Thomas-Bar-Complaint

[patrice]

1. Kickety-Kick! Kick! Kickness!!!

[SacoMaine61]

146. Warmed by your enthusiasm

I share it wholeheartedly! :toast:

[Cal33]

170. How long does a disbarment process usually take? Enough time for

Obama to nominate another justice?

[DirkGently]

2. It strains credulity for anyone, let alone a S.C. Justice, to argue "oversight" re: wife's income

[No Elephants]

129. Esp. income over $700K. Hard to overlook.

[Divine Discontent]

3. this OP is full of WIN!

Thomas is a joke of a "justice".

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Disbarment, impeachment, indictment

in no particular order - just so long as he's off the bench.

[jberryhill]

5. He retained active status?

What a maroon.

You have a lifetime appointment to the highest court. Why on earth would you maintain a state bar registration.

That said, whether conduct not committed in the scope of that bar license is within the jurisdiction of the bar disciplinary board is something of a question in my mind.

[amandabeech]

20. Judges must be members of the bar.

State judges must be members of the bar in the state where they sit.

Federal judges must be members of some state bar. They are often members of the bar in which they sit, as well.

[mulsh]

43. Supreme Court Justices don't have to lawyers or members of any

bar. I'm pretty sure a couple of the qualifications contained in Article III have been breached.

http://www.consource.org/library/1787/09/17/the-united-states-constitution

[jberryhill]

50. Supreme Court Justices Do Not Even Have To Be Lawyers

Stanley Forman Reed (1938-1957) was the last justice to serve without a law degree.

[JDPriestly]

69. Correct. They do not have to be members of a bar. They do not have

to be lawyers. But, the public is unlikely to trust a sitting Justice who lies on financial forms. And a Justice who has mislead the American people by lying on financial forms should resign. He is not worthy to sit on the highest court in the country. He should not be deciding cases involving accusations of fraud since he apparently committed fraud himself.

We are not talking about forgetting to acknowledge payments of a few pennies or even a few thousand dollars. We are not talking about making a mistake about what needed to be reported. This is a case in which Thomas failed to report his wife's income -- which he could not possibly have forgotten. This had to be an intentional omission.

[amandabeech]

108. I stand corrected.

[defendandprotect]

153. Think we need fewer lawyers on the court -- and more humanists -- !!

[Goblinmonger]

91. Clinton lost his license for a bit

for his perjury.

[Bozita]

6. Rule of Law! Rule of Law! Rule of Law! Rule of Law! Rule of Law!

I seem to remember that chant from way back when GOPers were curious about BJs.

[rhett o rick]

118. Pres Obama has confirmed that there is no longer "rule of law" in the US. Just sayin. nm

[Lastactiongyro]

7. WOOT! Nice, surgical hit on the Corrupt one.

No messy impeachment, hit him where it hurts. His license :)

[leftynyc]

15. It has no real effect

You don't need a law license to sit on the bench and his appointment is lifetime. It has to be impeachment to get rid of him.

[colorado_ufo]

52. Will the Supreme Court then be forced to be seated

at a federal penitentiary?

[Travelman]

162. Getting disbarred does not put someone in prison.

It only means that they don't get to practice law for pay in that particular state (though other states generally honor what each state does as a practice of the bar).

EVEN IF this succeeds, it means absolutely nothing. It's twenty-four business hours all over again.

[Gregorian]

8. In my most Fat Albert voice- RaIIIIIIIGHT!

That'll be just before Bush is handcuffed with Rove and Cheney.

/cynical blog

[Iliyah]

10. Its about F**KING

time! And how about other one too. Both have been bought off by the Koch Brothers. Instead of protecting the American people, they have sold out to the corporate wing nuts!

[paparush]

147. Hey! Hey! Hey!

[underpants]

177. Be careful, you just might learn something

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. They appear to have covered all the bases in their complaint.

Excellent work on their part. Now we wait and see.

[speltwon]

11. I am not certain the being a lawyer/member of the bar is a requirement for the Supreme Court

I can find no law, rule, etc. that says that, and the Constitution does not require it. Can anybody lend insight into this. If true, even disbarment would not take him out of office

[leftynyc]

16. You're right, it's not a requirment

Disbarment would be fun but impeachment is the only way to get rid of him on the court.

[Hosnon]

42. It's not. But the same facts that successfully led to his disbarment from the state bar

would be a big jumping off point for his federal disbarment and impeachment.

[speltwon]

51. Yea. I agree

I just get the impression that many might assume that disbarment necesarily equals Thomas being ousted.

[defendandprotect]

154. True ... but doubt the public is ready for a "disbarred" SC Justice ... !!!

[valerief]

12. Make. Him. Go. Away!!!!! What a waste of a seat. nt

[efhmc]

13. Dreaming. Sorry it will not happen.

[avaistheone1]

41. I dream of justice for all.

The rule of law should prevail.

Thomas should be removed from the Supreme Court.


k&r

:kick:

[efhmc]

47. I dream and wish and hope, but do you really think there is a

chance?

[NewJeffCT]

62. I think a snowball has a greater chance of surviving in hell

than does Clarence Thomas has of getting impeached.

Would anybody beyond Kucinich even mention this in Congress?

[efhmc]

88. Probably not.

[sabrina 1]

179. Not this Congress, but we have an election coming up.

I have a feeling that people are at a turning point. It may be a good time to start looking to replace some of them with real Progressive Dems. That is a goal worth working for and save all that money and energy normally reserved for the Presidential election to getting a Congress that actually works for the people.

[tblue37]

14. Yeah, but IOKIYAR--always friggin' IOKIYAR. nt

[ejbr]

83. tada!!! +1 n/t

[Uncle Joe]

17. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[femrap]

18. Onward! nt

[louslobbs]

19. Kicked+Kick his butt out of the Supreme Court and after trial, to where it

belongs, in a well padded booby hatch. And while were at it, let's send his "Bride" with him the little scammer.
lou

[SpiralHawk]

21. Make it so.

Republicon Family Pharisee Values, such as embodied by Uncle Coke Can Thomas (R), are Cesspool Ethics. He deserves a one-way ticket to Palookaville.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

22. Assuming he were to be prosecuted and sent to prison...

Would the Repugs call for him to be allowed to continue being a Justice during his incarceration. His aides do all his work anyway and Scalia is his brain as far as I can tell.


(This was just a thought question as it would never occur. The repugs would insist his jail term not begin until he retires from the bench...:eyes: )

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. Now that's what I call "defense of marriage."

.

[Plucketeer]

24. I'M SO Heartened to read this!

Maybe this in itself, ISN'T the end, but it could be the BEGINNING of the end. Whatever works!

[KamaAina]

25. That would certainly be grounds for impeachment

if the House were run by sane people. :(

[Kingofalldems]

26. K and R

[xchrom]

27. recommend

[HughBeaumont]

28. I'm K & Ring. Not like it's actually going to happen, but K & R nonetheless.

IOKIYAR.

[kjackson227]

29. He's a disgrace. Get rid of him.

[colorado_ufo]

132. He was a disgrace before he was appointed to the court.

Just ask Anita Hill.

[still_one]

30. Does anyone really believe this will come to anything? /nt

[polichick]

133. It's difficult to believe in "liberty and justice for all" these days. nt

[still_one]

150. That unfortunately seems to be the case /nt

[louslobbs]

167. I'm encouraged

because the masses seem to be waking up and this is something the 2% rich, super rich and powerful really didn't expect, thank you Gov. Walker. Anything is possible when We The People start to take to the streets and show the corporate dirt bags that there are many more of us then them. The Rethugs have way overplayed their hand thanks to the force placed upon them by the Koch created astro turf groups and the tea haggers. Sunlight is the best disinfectant and the Rethugs are being exposed along with their propaganda channel GOP FOX Fraudcasters and the entire lying staff therein. I can only hope that the power of the real people can stop the destructive movement of the rightwing and their legions of hypocrite, lying, pathetic, scum.
Lou

[txlibdem]

172. From Lou's lips to God's ears

+1 great post!

[firehorse]

31. time for him to go, ... who should replace him?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

32. We saw this coming during the Anita Hill testimony. The man has no moral compass.

[defendandprotect]

155. Aha .. but THAT's why he was selected by Bush and right wing ... !!

They are always looking for the bottom of the barrel people who will do

their dirty work -- !!

That's why we have Boehner's and Ashcroft's and O'Connell's and W's and Delay's

and Atwater's running all through the GOP. It's Corruption Central!!

Lowest of the low --

Our SC is already an embarrassment to us all --

Leave Clarence on the court and it will lose any legitimacy is still has!

[Beartracks]

33. Has this EVER happened to a SCOTUS member before? n/t

[KansDem]

34. What would happen to any one of us if we lied on 20 years' worth of financial-disclosure forms?

I shudder to think...

[louslobbs]

168. The "justice" system

would work hard to prosecute us, fine us, jail us and finally, put us on probation for several years. There a several "justice" systems in the Divided States, one for the Super rich and Powerful slobs, one for the poor, one for black citizens and one for whites, one for men and one for women, one for government officials and one for private sector workers, one for gays and one for straights, one for dog lovers and one for cat lovers, one for economy car owners and one for luxury car owners, one for renters and one for owners, one for corporations and one for "We The People," one for Democrats and one for Republicans, and finally, one for Supreme Court Injustices such as Koch brother supporter and corporation lover, Clarence Coke Can Pubic Hair Thomas and his band of rightwing thieves. Oh, and can't forget his "Bride", Mrs. Frankenstein.
Lou

[spooky3]

35. DU lawyers: Can a disbarred attorney serve on the USSC?

I know, I'm getting ahead of myself, but I just wondered.

[totodeinhere]

38. Yes, he can. The constitution does not even requite that a SC justice be a lawyer. n/t

[Hosnon]

44. Yeah. But the facts leading to disbarment could be used to impeach. nt.

[spooky3]

77. Thanks, Hosnon and Hulk.

[Hulk]

36. GO FOR IT!!

I love it! We can't go after the war criminals for the last eight years of the clown-administration.....so let's at least get this Uncle Tom out of the Supreme Court. It is disgraceful to have such an ignorant buffoon serving on the highest court in our nation.

Good luck on this one!

[totodeinhere]

37. Bill Clinton was disbarred and it didn't seem to hurt him.

If Thomas is disbarred, it won't mean that he cannot continue to serve on the Supreme Court. There is nothing in the constitution that says that a SC Justice has to be a lawyer. The only way to get rid of him is impeachment, and there are not enough votes for that.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

53. But wouldn't the Supreme Court lose it's credibility? I suspect he'd face pressure to resign.

[totodeinhere]

58. He would probably face pressure from some circles. But the right wing might also

step up to defend him and urge him not to resign. They would not want to let Obama get another SC pick.

[laylah]

156. The SCOTUS lost its' credibility

when they supported the 2000 Coup on America. JMVHO.

[amandabeech]

169. Bill hasn't attempted to practice law in a long time.

He was disbarred because he he was hit with perjury charges for lying about Paula Jones in a deposition.

The people he deals with just laugh at the charge.

Thomas, on the other hand, is a judge. His credibility with a lot of people who are non-whacko Republicans may go down.

I think that a Supreme Court judge who is disbarred should be impeached as a matter of course because his or her credibility and thus the credibility of Supreme Court decisions would always called into question.

[Kingofalldems]

39. Kick again before someone tries to change the subject.

[drmeow]

40. If disbarred

he might be pressured to resign by people who have sway - they would have to be pretty damn powerful individuals. Impeachment under the current gov is unlikely but if we could take the House back in 2012 disbarment would help the remote likelihood. In ANY case it is a good thing.

[Hosnon]

46. Short of getting caught with a dead child in a sex room, the Supremes are pretty much immune

from pressure.

Who could possibly convince someone with a lifetime job and guaranteed pay to give that up if the writing wasn't on the wall (i.e., impeachment wasn't a fait accompli)?

[drmeow]

49. Sandra Day O'Connor

was pressured by Bush to resign - and she did. She wanted to take leave to care for her dying husband and he pressured her to resign.

[Hosnon]

55. There seems to me to be a difference between advising someone to step down and pressuring them.

Maybe it's just me... I think of "pressure" as coming from a place where there is actual authority behind it (but the pressurer would rather not actually exercise that authority for whatever reason).

[drmeow]

63. O'Connor did not want to step down

and the way I heard it she claimed that Bush pressured her to do so. All it takes is a perception of authority, not actual authority.

[Hosnon]

64. How could she perceive the President as having any authority to remove her? nt.

[drmeow]

67. I'm just reporting what I have heard

living here in AZ - O'Connor's state. SHE claims she felt pressured. I don't know why. From a psychological perspective unless you know someone well you can't know why they would perceive authority or feel pressure. I know someone who felt pressured by his father to get a medical degree. His dad didn't pay for his grad school and completely denies having pressured him but my friend felt the pressure. Now - whether you give in to that pressure or not may require perceived authority, but there are LOTS of things which can make you feel pressure that don't actually have any authority. Look at some of Solomon Asch's work on conformity. Pressure without authority. People felt pressure to conform.

[Hosnon]

81. I see your point. She could be pressured regarding her replacement.

"Step down now, or that Socialist is going to appoint your replacement."

[howmad1]

87. O'conner did not want to step down.

Tough shit chickee. You gave us the idiot president and then he screwed you. Aren't you glad you were the deciding vote?, Bitch!

[rhett o rick]

119. That's the thanks she got for voting to make him president. May she rot in hell with Cheney. nm

[Critters2]

45. He never had any business being nominated, let alone seated on SCOTUS!

Completely unqualified!

[Scottybeamer70]

48. 20 years???

and we're just now getting around to discussing it?
WOW.....nuttin' slow 'bout this country!

[marias23]

54. "High-Tech Lynching"

I always thought Thomas's phrase was perculiar. In a strange, ironic way maybe this is what he wants.

[disndat]

71. Low tech self lynching

Clarence Thomas shot himself in the foot.

[rpannier]

75. It could be worse for him

Elmer Fudd Cheney could have shot him in the face

[defendandprotect]

Was just coming by to add that memorable charge: I'm sure we'll hear it again from Thomas and rw!!

[AndyTiedye]

56. Where Did His Law Degree Come From?

[Crabby Appleton]

143. Yale nt

[SoapBox]

57. Yes!!!!!

...this dick needs to either be shut up or shut out.

[Blue Owl]

59. Clearance to remove Clarence is hereby granted

I hereby give the green light to remove this obstruction of justice.

[pam4water]

60. Calls for his Disbarment too by K&R

[2banon]

61. i'm puzzled by this filing, Supremes don't have to be lawyers ..

so, how could a state bar disqualify a justice sitting on SCOTUS?

The real point is that he's not the only one guilty of corruption.

Scalia should be impeached first (imo) for fairly obvious reasons. Thomas would be low hanging fruit, but also easy for him to cry "lynch mob" (please recall the confirmation hearings) while Scalia, Alito, Roberts are ignored for corruption issues.

I think this filing is a cruel play on our collective ideals for real justice and fairness in this country. When this plays out in defeat, what then? more dispair?

I'm sure that isn't the ultimate intention of the person filing the complaint, but certainly our response should not be so naive?

I fear that these kinds of reports while momentarily heartwhelming, our hopes are soon dashed we ultimately become more and more despondent over the state of our so called democracy. We'll become so demoralized that we simply surrender our own collective power, to simply relinquish all to the PTB. We need to be real about tactics strategy.

Thomas isn't a leader, he is a follower. Scalia is his mentor and his idol.

[Travelman]

161. " Supremes don't have to be lawyers .."

Yep. This whole thing is a silly rouse and a waste of time.

Sorry folks, but even if he is disbarred, absolutely nothing else happens to him on this track. It would have about as much legal or real world effect as canceling his country club membership.

[Auntie Bush]

65. Impeach him and send him to jail like any of us poor folk would. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

Not even Clarance no talk Thomas. Toss his fat ass in the clinker!

[marions ghost]

73. No one is above the law...

I'm with you, but that quaint notion went out the window long ago...

Anyone who believes otherwise better take a closer look.

[Ozymanithrax]

112. Impeachment only removes him from office...it does not send him to jail.

He would have to be tried separatly for that.

[deminks]

66. Rec # 200

And after that, a serious look at the cases he was involved in.

[Ramulux]

68. One can only dream

[defendandprotect]

70. Isn't it, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse" ... yet a Judge didn't know the law?

Plus this creep is a pervert -- a sexual harasser -- GOP slime --

[Lasher]

74. It wasn't ignorance.

The crooked bastard intentionally lied.

[defendandprotect]

106. Agree ... but presume his plea is "ignorance" of the regulation/law ... ???

[Lasher]

110. I always heard that was no excuse.

And in this case it would not be a credible argument.

[defendandprotect]

151. Agree -- and that's what I was originally pointing out -- !!

[butterfly77]

72. No talkin bastard...

sure has a lot to say now.

[RainDog]

76. k&r n/t

[Javaman]

78. mute thomas will probably now start talking LOL.

probably won't be able to shut him up! LOL

[steve2470]

79. k&r nt

[texastoast]

80. K&R n/t

[Joey Liberal]

82. He'll have to speak for once. nt

[mochajava666]

84. That unqualified, dishonest piece of crap

never should have been confirmed. Thank Specter and Orrin Hatch for that smear job on Anita Hill.

Thank Biden for caving in once Thomas played the "electronic lynching" card. Joe folded like an old lawn chair after that.

[Name removed]

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[TxVietVet]

86. Send the conservanazi to jail.

How incompetent and corrupt can you be and still be on the Supreme Court? Just look at the conservanazi, Clarence Thomas, aka doofus.

[Angry Dragon]

89. To the stockade with him...........

[Shining Jack]

90. Disbarment?

I thought that it said dismemberment! Silly me.

[Lint Head]

92. Throw the lying prick out!

[DesertFlower]

93. K&R. nt

[Stellar]

94. K & R

Mr. and Mrs. scumbag need to go!

[madmax]

95. WOOT!! I can't believe it!!

:bounce: :bounce: :kick: :kick: :patriot: :patriot:

Please Goddess, let it happen.

[Historic NY]

96. 'The wet pants crowd made a big deal over income tax problems..

with Dashel and a couple of other Obama appointees...here we have a life time appointed SCOTUS who knowingly failed to file for years.....how can he even rule on tax cases?

[lovuian]

97. Yep

He violated he has to be disbarred

[FailureToCommunicate]

98. Worst. Justice. Ever. No comments for five years, wrong on every

judgement. A discrace to anyone looking at the US justice system and the SC.

AND he says 'If you're against me you are against the Supreme Court - and will soon regret it" (!)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50277.html

[vanboggie]

99. Wonderful time to get rid of this creep!

Replace him with a reasonable person while we can and tip the balance back to what it should be. I still remember the hearings with Anita Hill. Creepy, icky letch who should never been seated on the SCOTUS.

[Hosnon]

100. At first glance I thought, "Sweet, but pointless." But after reading the complaint, some

of that shit might stick.

[Crunchy Frog]

101. If he were a Dem or a liberal, then there is no doubt he would be out

on his ass. Since he's a darling of the right, I doubt that anything will come of this. I would love to be proved wrong.

[SpankMe]

166. This is so completely true it ain't even funny.

Dems should grow a back-bone and go after Thomas. That's what the Repubs would do if the tables were turned. They'd be shameless about it.

It's a 5-4 conservative court, and all of the cons are relatively young, and half of the libs are really old. We need to hammer SCOTUS and give Obama a couple more picks before he's out in '16. We need to replace cons with libs, not libs with libs.

[AC_Mem]

102. I'm going to go out on a limb

and say that Thomas will be on the way out of the US Supreme Court at this time next year. Whether by his own choice or legally.

Shine on,
Annette

[Taverner]

103. Beautiful!

Swine like him and all the other baggers have no place in government

[Initech]

104. EVERY republican justice should be disbarred for CU.

[kestrel91316]

105. Go ahead and disbar him. He'll just laugh. And keep his job on the USSC.

[TheMadMonk]

107. And yet, even if disbarred, he could remain on the bench.

And theoretically at least, continue to rule on cases from within jail if convicted of criminal offenses. The only mechanism for his removal from the bench, if he chooses not to go, is impeachment.

[Frank Cannon]

109. This corrupt punk is a disgrace and an embarrassment.

Anyone with even a microscopic shred of dignity or honor would have resigned by now.

[Ozymanithrax]

111. Impeachment begins in the House...Find me a House that will impeach him???

Then, find me a Senate who will try and convict him.

I don't think it is possible. Our hope is that the scandal will be big enough to force him to resign.

[Buddha2B]

113. I really hope that happens!

It will be a great day on planet earth when he gets his comeuppance.

[patrice]

114. I'm so Proud!!! Yyyyeeeeee!! Hhhaaaaaaaa!!!! U.S.! Solidarity!!!

[txlibdem]

115. Yes, please

And find out the crimes of Roberts and the other 3 Repuke criminals on the SC, please!

I hope this disbarment goes through asap.

[KalicoKitty]

116. I would love to see "Long Dong Silver" go to prison!

I still believe Anita Hill!

[No Elephants]

130. Why not? She passed a lie detector test.

[lordsummerisle]

117. K&R n/t

[Politicalboi]

120. 20 years

So 20 years of his votes should be disqualified.

[sarchasm]

121. yes please.

[mr clean]

122. K&R

[burrowowl]

123. Sweet! YES!

[lonestarnot]

124. Oh fucking A heart failure! I almost missed this!!!!! Series 911111!!!

[Dappleganger]

125. This would be righteous...

hell, I may even celebrate with a new tat if he gets disbarred!

[LaPera]

126. Long fucking overdue - Thomas is a complete liar and as slimy as they come!

[intheflow]

127. This may have the highest number of recs ever!

K&R another time! :kick: Nothing would be sweeter - except seeing Bush/Cheney before the Hague! :D

[Iwillnevergiveup]

128. He's never been up to the job

but he's always been a creep. A resignation would be perfect.

K&R

[No Elephants]

131. Imprisonment would be better. Calling Eric Holder. Calling Eric Holder. Calling Eric Holder.

[polichick]

134. Yeah, the same guy who should be prosecuting for war crimes and economic crimes. nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

135. Yesterday would have been preferable,

but tomorrow will work.

It"s past time for a vermin sweep.

[opihimoimoi]

136. KnR 443 GET THE DUDE OUTTA THERE,,,he is a waste of good money...he is a FAIL

[Enthusiast]

137. KIcked and Recommended!

The guy should be disbarred.

[FlyByNight]

138. K'ed & R'ed!

:bounce:

[Mojeoux]

139. Kick and Recccomend!!!

[Vidar]

140. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[dotymed]

141. President Obama's

"Justice Dept." (what a joke), should have started criminal proceedings against him immediately. They (William Holder) have DONE NOTHING.

[Hubert Flottz]

142. You or I would be headed for federal prison...

[Overseas]

144. K&R! Yes Please! //nt

[usregimechange]

145. Can I rec more than once, just this time?

[fascisthunter]

148. tarnishing the right wing is easy.... they do it to themselves

the sick head cases they are.

[olegramps]

149. Thomas is only indicative of the pathetic state of our country.

Supreme Court justices, as intended by the Founding Fathers, are to be totally above any political considerations in their findings and solely guided by the Constitution. When they "selected" Bush as president the court forfeited any shred of credibility. Rather than being persons of impeccable character, the sitting Republicans on the court have demonstrated that they are little more than corrupt scoundrels. That their decisions as solely guided by their politics was made clear when they had the audacity to grant person-hood to corporations in order to rig elections.

[defendandprotect]

152. Clarence didn't disclose he got $100,000 from Citizens United Foundation .... !!!

Clarence Thomas further labored under a financial conflict of interest by failing to disclose $100,000 in support for his nomination by the Citizens United Foundation when he sat in judgment of a case involving Citizens United. Finally, he made rulings that his wife benefited from financially and professionally, and by extension, that benefited him. In short, this unethical and criminal conduct violates the Rules of Professional Conduct, and undermines the rule of law, respect for the law and confidence in the law.


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It appears that Justice Thomas had a reason for not disclosing that his wife was working for a conservative think tank and a conservative 501c(4) group; he did not want litigants who had cases pending before the Supreme Court to have information that could be used to disqualify him from hearing those cases, and he wanted his family to benefit financially from his decisions.

and

A lawyer who commits a crime is subject to disbarment. A lawyer who fails to disclose important financial information as require by law is subject to disbarment. A lawyer who makes rulings on cases that will benefit himself and his wife is subject to disbarment. A Judge who commits 20 crimes by falsifying 20 disclosure forms in order to enrich himself and his family, as did Justice Thomas, is subject to disbarment. A lawyer who withholds information about a supporter when ruling on a case involving that support is subject to disbarment.


Clarence Thomas isn't only a pervert -- he's a pervert and a crook -- !!

[Democrats_win]

157. Justice DEMANDS his disbarment.

[dpbrown]

158. Just like Al Capone! How fitting!

Mobsters of the same ilk.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

159. K & R

[dpbrown]

160. I'll start calling him "Justice Capone" or "Clarence Capone" the mobster tax cheat

Anything that helps that miscreant get the legal repercussions he's earned.

[maddogesq]

163. I dub thee Long Gone Silver.

We can only hope. :)

[nolabear]

164. Kickin' for America

[Kingofalldems]

165. Kick again so the subject can't be changed

[opihimoimoi]

171. 86 the dude...he is counter productive to the Nation...a complete fuck up

[DisgustipatedinCA]

173. Kevin Zeese has been a good guy since way back

He used to head NORML, after all.

[Judi Lynn]

174. Clarence Thomas Faces Call For His Disbarment in Missouri Supreme Court

Clarence Thomas Faces Call For His Disbarment in Missouri Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should be disbarred for his failure to truthfully complete financial-disclosure forms over a 20-year period, according to a complaint filed by the watchdog group Protect Our Elections (POE). This would not affect his ability to sit on the Supreme Court, but it would add to mounting pressure on the Department of Justice to investigate Thomas.

In a bar complaint filed with the Missouri Supreme Court, POE attorney Kevin Zeese says Thomas committed multiple violations of the Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct. (See full complaint below.) Zeese asks the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel to take immediate action against Thomas, including disbarment.

Thomas became a member of the Missouri Bar in 1974, and former U.S. Sen. John Danforth (R-MO) was a primary supporter during Thomas' confirmation hearings in 1991. How is the justice responding to recent allegations against him? He struck a defiant tone in a speech over the weekend in Virginia.

More:
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/511275/clarence_thomas_faces_call_for_his_disbarment_in_missouri_supreme_court/

[gracchorumspes]

175. Hah!

I heard the fellow frequently falls asleep on the bench. Shameful!

[Snoutport]

176. anyone know if papers have been filed?

are they going through with this?

[underpants]

178. Thomas is so artificial he is mimicking a TV show - ironically - "The West Wing"

"President Batrlett" was impeached for lying about his medical condition on his daughters admission paperwork to Georgetown






Thomas who was appointed as a judge 2 months (or was it weeks) before being nominated the the highest court in the land clearly lied multiple times on official documents.

BTW- Clarence Thomas officiated Rush Limbaugh's second marriage.