Anthony Weiner Joins the Effort to Disbar Clarence Thomas

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http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2011/03/anthony-weiner-joins-effort-to-disbar.html


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Protect Our Elections (POE) has filed a bar complaint against Thomas in Missouri, based on reporting from Common Cause that the justice failed to report spousal non-investment income on financial-disclosure forms. POE is about to pick up an ally in the battle, according to a report at Huffington Post. Writes Andrew Reinbach:


Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and a group of Congressional Democrats are said to be drafting demands that Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be disbarred in Missouri for perjury, and investigated by the Department of Justice for bribery, according to House Judiciary Committee aides.

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These Congressional actions, which would likely be released before Congress goes into recess next week, bring to three the number of serious--and official--accusations being leveled against Justice Thomas.

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But the issue still could be a political headache for Republicans:


Mounds of complaints and legal maneuvers . . . would keep the issue before the voters through most if not all the 2012 election cycle, allowing Democrats to paint Republicans as hypocrites--if they defend Justice Thomas for voluntarily committing an offense for years that Bill Clinton had to be trapped into committing once--or as unprincipled and power-hungry if they abandon him.

And if Justice Thomas is prevailed upon to resign the bench, the Republicans lose their voting block on the Court.

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right on

[Oceansaway]

1. K&R...n/t

[Ernesto]

2. k&r! nt

[kysrsoze]

3. Good! I would love to see that pompous, perverted asshat yanked off the bench.

[damonm]

8. You & me both...

I never thought him remotely qualified, even BEFORE Anita Hill. Anybody who can sit before congress under oath and say they have "no opinion" on Roe v. Wade is either a liar or a fool.

[AtomicKitten]

4. Excellent!

[Jefferson23]

5. Good luck..at least these guys try. n/t

[abelenkpe]

6. excellent. K & R nt

[stevenleser]

7. Even if accomplished, I am not sure if it would do much good. This guy is never going to resign.

That doesnt mean I wouldnt get some shadenfreude out of it.