Thomas, who is under fire over claims of ethical lapses, was criticized for not recusing himself from a separate Jan. 6-related case because his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, supported then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

With this Supreme Court everything is about politics.

  • jeffw@lemmy.world
    98·
    1 year ago

    Seems like the bigger piece here is that he clerked for Thomas. Nothing to do with the Trump stuff

    • vettnerk@lemmy.ml
      811·
      1 year ago

      I think an even bigger headline is that Thomas actually seems to be aware of the concept “conflict of interest in the supreme court”

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s still surprising he recused himself regardless of why, he’s never cared about ethics before and his attitude has always been “so? What are you going to do about it?” every other time there was a conflict of interest.

      • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I think Roberts knows they’re all hated, and even though he says he doesn’t care, actually cares. I bet Roberts brought out the ban hammer.

    • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOP
      19·
      1 year ago

      More info on John Eastman from a 2022 NPR article.

      Eastman has a long background in conservative law, having clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the late 1990s and was a chairman in the Federalist Society. He worked at a law firm in California before leaving to teach at Chapman University, where he also served as dean, but left shortly after addressing the “Save America” rally before the attack on the Capitol.