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These 74 Members of Congress should call on Justice Thomas to be impeached.
74 Members of Congress penned a letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asking him to recuse himself should the high court take up the constitutionality of Obamacare. Justice Thomas’s wife – Ginni – recently started a new lobbying firm called Liberty Consulting with the purpose of bringing, “voice to principled citizens and the tea party movement in the halls of Congress through governmental affairs efforts.” Considering she will likely be paid by organizations to convince Members of Congress to repeal the healthcare law – there will certainly be a considerable incentive for Justice Clarence Thomas to rule against the law should it come to the Supreme Court.
The bias here couldn’t be any more obvious. And the federal recusal statute – the law by which judges are supposed to operate by clearly states – “Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned…” For example if, “He or his spouse… is known by the judge to have an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.” Of course – this statute didn’t prevent Justice Thomas from ruling on the Bush v. Gore decision back in 2000 – that handed George W. Bush the presidency – even though his wife worked for the Bush transition team. And it didn’t prevent Thomas from hearing the Citizens United Case last year even though he often takes part in political strategy session organized by the billionaires Koch brothers who directly benefited from the Supreme Court’s ruling in that case. We are seeing flat out corruption in the highest court in the land.
The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to oversee the duties of the Supreme Court – and if 74 Members of Congress ask Thomas to step down – then he should. Better yet – these 74 Members of Congress should call on Justice Thomas to be impeached.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Latest developments in Egypt (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Latest developments in Egypt With TJ Walker, commentator-Reuters / columnist Forbes.com, and Dr. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political - Military Analysis - Hudson Institute.
Ending subsidies for Big Oil With Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR, 3rd District).
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Plus from CPAC, Roger Simon, CEO-Pajamas Media/Academy Award nominated screenwriter/Author of 10 novels, and Richard Dreyfuss, Academy Award winning actor and founder of "The Dreyfuss Initiative" promoting civic education and a better understanding of "America's most successful product, Democracy."
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy." -- Bill Moyers.
Hour One: Roger Simon & Richard Dreyfuss Roger Simon, CEO-Pajamas Media/Academy Award nominated screenwriter/Author of 10 novels and his memoir "Turning Right at Hollywood and Vine" just released in paperback, and Richard Dreyfuss, Academy Award winning actor (Oscar for "The Goodbye Girl") and star of stage & screen... "American Graffiti", "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind"... nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for "Mr. Holland's Opus" (filmed in Portland, OR) / Founder "The Dreyfuss Initiative" promoting civic education and a better understanding of "America's most successful product, Democracy."
Guests: Al Cardenas, chair of the American Conservative Union which puts on CPAC, and David Keene, his predecessor.
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Hour Two: Guest: Congressman Ted Poe , U.S. Congressman (R-TX, 2nd district) Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; formerly a prosecutor and judge in Houston, Texas for 30 years – he is recognized nationally for his creative sentencing of criminals, known as “Poetic Justice.”
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""
Hour Three: Why do right wingers have Islamophobia? With Brigitte Gabriel, Founder, President & CEO of Act! For America; "Leading expert on global Islamic terrorism"; author of "Because They Hate" and "They Must Be Stopped".
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