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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Is your primary concern "appearance"?
Is their any proof that his spouse's behavior has or will actually influence his official conduct?
Is it a surprise that Thomas has a Constitutional view point that may lead him to rule the health care law unconstitutional. Anyone who has ever read anything he has written or said can anticipate what his position is - that as a given, how could anyone believe his wife will influence his official behavior?
You folks are not fooling anyone, we know the issue is purely political. Why not own up to it?
This issue with Thomas has been on the table for a long time now, why not act on it and stop the complaining?
I have blown off my steam, I know the answers to my questions above. There is no reason to engage me further on this topic.
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ace, once again, you missed the point. You consistently ignore the facts placed in front of you.
The issue is not my concern about "appearance," it is the Code of Conduct that refers to "appearing to advance the private interests of others."
And, it is not a question of proof, but adherence to the Code of Conduct, even if only on a voluntarily basis.
Given that the Court is exempt from the Code, there is no procedure to act on it, even if Congress had such an inclination.
I agree, your adherence to your ideology to the point that you are unwilling or unable to understand the value of such a Code is political.
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The credibility of the Supreme Court is dependent not only on the legal merits of its judgements, but also, unlike the legislative or executive branches, on assurances of its independence from political influence.
When a justice is payed by a political interest to participate in a meeting or when a justice's spouse is paid to lobby against legislation that may come before the Court, appearance of independence from political influence matters.
Do you see no value in a code of conduct for federal judges, or just no value in the code including standards that judges "should not lend prestige of the office ...that appear to advance the private interests of others?"