Not A Good Sign – WE Must Apply More Pressure!

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts announced that Justice Clarence Thomas will not need to recuse himself from deliberating on the constitutionality of the Affordable Health Care Act affecting 15 MILLION uninsured Americans concluding that Justice Thomas’ deliberations will be fair. Chief Justice Roberts, also, moved up hearings on the Act from the Fall, 2012 to March, 2012. 

NEITHER of the above announcements is a good sign for the following reasons:

1.       Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose a financial interest involving the conservative lobbyist earnings of his wife who is a self-acclaimed spokesperson for the Tea Party, and who has, publicly, stated that her “focus is to stop the Obama agenda”.

2.       The very same evening of Chief Justice Roberts’ initial announcement that the Supreme Court would address the Affordable Health Care Act in the Fall, 2012, Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas AND Conservative Justice Anthony Scalia appeared as KEYNOTE SPEAKERS at a fundraising dinner sponsored by The Federalist Society (a Right Wing legal group that wants to kill the Affordable Health Care Act).

3.       The Code of Conduct for United States Judges, SURPRISINGLY, DOES NOT APPLY to Supreme Court Justices, but  it’s an eye opener. Canon 2A of the Code states that “a judge must avoid all impropriety and APPEARANCE of impropriety. This prohibition applies to professional AND personal conduct.”  Canon 2B of the Code states that “a judge should avoid lending the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge OR OTHERS. 

4.       The Affordable Health Care Act will be ruled upon by the same Conservative Supreme Court Justices who sanctified Citizens United.  That decision opened the floodgates for corporate entities to ANONYMOUSLY  buy elections via super PACs.

5.       What’s the rush all of a sudden?

Time is running out.  WE have got to apply more pressure! Continue to, RESPECTFULLY, ask Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to request that Justice Thomas AND Justice Scalia recuse themselves from g in the Affordable Health Care Act at www.wupremecourt.gov/contract/contactus.aspzx.

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