“Yet this non-bombshell has triggered breathless claims that the Court must be investigated, and that Justice Thomas must resign or be impeached.”“Those demands give away the real political game here,” the Journal wrote. The Journal’s Friday op-ed described ProPublica as “a left-leaning website” engaging in “ugly politics” in order to smear Thomas and the court to the gain of the political left. The ProPublica writers suggest that Justice Thomas may have violated ethics rules, and they quote a couple of cherry-picked ethicists to express their dismay. They cite examples of Democrats using the Pro Publica story to do just that, including Rep. Ted Lieu and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. An example not included was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week both called for impeaching Justice Thomas and for the White House to ignore a federal court’s ruling on the abortion pill because of the judge’s politics.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 09, 2023 02:36 UTC