jimnyc
11-12-2019, 09:45 AM
"We don't like your stance on certain issues. We would like for you to recuse yourselves so we have a better chance of winning. If you don't do so, we will continue our efforts to disrupt the court and bring about packing of the court, and maybe increase the number to our advantage"
Seriously folks? You lost, the SC judges thus far got nominated. These particular cases weren't heard 30 years ago, nor 10 years ago. They will be held soon. And these are the current judges in the SC. You deal with the cards you are dealt, you don't get to force change.
Then again, they are trying to do just that in so many aspects. From forcing a change in dem primaries, forcing a change if possible after the election via the Russian spectacle, forcing changes by not allowing any changes by obstructing everything by any means possible. And now trying to force change via impeachment, and by any means necessary in the background, and absolutely not be forthcoming about anything.
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Double Standard: Liberals Demand Conservative Justices Recuse Themselves From LGBT Cases
Last week, the liberal group Take Back the Court sent a letter to Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, demanding they recuse themselves from three cases involving LGBT issues. Alito and Kavanaugh had met with Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which has filed an amicus brief in three cases involving alleged employment discrimination against gay and transgender people. Yet liberal justices have also met with academics who had filed amicus briefs in active Supreme Court cases.
"It’s absolutely absurd what they’re asking," Brown told PJ Media in an interview on Monday. "I had a tour of Washington, D.C. with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller. We had an event with Cardinal Müller and there was an opportunity for the cardinal to meet the justices and I accompanied the cardinal."
"This is crazy to say that Supreme Court justices don’t have the ability to meet with the cardinal," the NOM president added. Both Alito and Kavanaugh are Roman Catholic.
"There’s a long history of justices being able to meet with anyone they want," Brown added. "The way the court works is the justices have the ability to meet with anyone they would like."
Brown had posted a photo of himself with Alito, Kavanaugh, Müller, and Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis. Neither Alito nor Kavanaugh responded to requests for comment.
Great day at US Supreme Court #SCOTUS with #CardinalMueller, Princess Gloria #ThurnundTaxis with Justices #SamuelAlito and #BrettKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/vi87VCzRxs
— Brian S. Brown (@briansbrown) October 29, 2019
Aaron Belkin, director of the liberal group Take Back the Court, sent a letter demanding Alito and Kavanaugh recuse themselves from the three cases: Altitude Express v. Zarda, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. These three cases center on whether or not Title VII of the Civil Rights Act — which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "sex" — prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
"I write today to request that you recuse yourself from three cases currently pending before the Court in light of serious concerns about your impartiality raised by your decision to pose for a photograph for social media with the leader of an organization that has filed amicus briefs in those cases," Belkin wrote. He further lamented that "the Supreme Court has become deeply politicized in recent years," claiming that cases like the free speech case Citizens United v. FEC (2010) have "undermined the basic tenets of our democracy for partisan advantage."
Belkin cited the Code of Conduct for Federal Judges, which states that judges must take care to avoid the appearance of improper influence. While members of the Supreme Court are not bound by this code of conduct, Belkin argued that "each justice has an ethical duty to decide for themselves if recusal is necessary to avoid bias or the appearance of bias."
The liberal activist concluded his letter with a threat: "If you refuse to recuse yourselves, this incident will further illustrate the urgent need for structural reform of the Supreme Court in order to restore a Court that understands its role is to protect individual rights and our democracy."
Rest - https://pjmedia.com/trending/double-standard-liberals-demand-conservative-justices-recuse-themselves-from-lgbt-cases/
Seriously folks? You lost, the SC judges thus far got nominated. These particular cases weren't heard 30 years ago, nor 10 years ago. They will be held soon. And these are the current judges in the SC. You deal with the cards you are dealt, you don't get to force change.
Then again, they are trying to do just that in so many aspects. From forcing a change in dem primaries, forcing a change if possible after the election via the Russian spectacle, forcing changes by not allowing any changes by obstructing everything by any means possible. And now trying to force change via impeachment, and by any means necessary in the background, and absolutely not be forthcoming about anything.
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Double Standard: Liberals Demand Conservative Justices Recuse Themselves From LGBT Cases
Last week, the liberal group Take Back the Court sent a letter to Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, demanding they recuse themselves from three cases involving LGBT issues. Alito and Kavanaugh had met with Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which has filed an amicus brief in three cases involving alleged employment discrimination against gay and transgender people. Yet liberal justices have also met with academics who had filed amicus briefs in active Supreme Court cases.
"It’s absolutely absurd what they’re asking," Brown told PJ Media in an interview on Monday. "I had a tour of Washington, D.C. with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller. We had an event with Cardinal Müller and there was an opportunity for the cardinal to meet the justices and I accompanied the cardinal."
"This is crazy to say that Supreme Court justices don’t have the ability to meet with the cardinal," the NOM president added. Both Alito and Kavanaugh are Roman Catholic.
"There’s a long history of justices being able to meet with anyone they want," Brown added. "The way the court works is the justices have the ability to meet with anyone they would like."
Brown had posted a photo of himself with Alito, Kavanaugh, Müller, and Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis. Neither Alito nor Kavanaugh responded to requests for comment.
Great day at US Supreme Court #SCOTUS with #CardinalMueller, Princess Gloria #ThurnundTaxis with Justices #SamuelAlito and #BrettKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/vi87VCzRxs
— Brian S. Brown (@briansbrown) October 29, 2019
Aaron Belkin, director of the liberal group Take Back the Court, sent a letter demanding Alito and Kavanaugh recuse themselves from the three cases: Altitude Express v. Zarda, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. These three cases center on whether or not Title VII of the Civil Rights Act — which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "sex" — prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
"I write today to request that you recuse yourself from three cases currently pending before the Court in light of serious concerns about your impartiality raised by your decision to pose for a photograph for social media with the leader of an organization that has filed amicus briefs in those cases," Belkin wrote. He further lamented that "the Supreme Court has become deeply politicized in recent years," claiming that cases like the free speech case Citizens United v. FEC (2010) have "undermined the basic tenets of our democracy for partisan advantage."
Belkin cited the Code of Conduct for Federal Judges, which states that judges must take care to avoid the appearance of improper influence. While members of the Supreme Court are not bound by this code of conduct, Belkin argued that "each justice has an ethical duty to decide for themselves if recusal is necessary to avoid bias or the appearance of bias."
The liberal activist concluded his letter with a threat: "If you refuse to recuse yourselves, this incident will further illustrate the urgent need for structural reform of the Supreme Court in order to restore a Court that understands its role is to protect individual rights and our democracy."
Rest - https://pjmedia.com/trending/double-standard-liberals-demand-conservative-justices-recuse-themselves-from-lgbt-cases/