But Her Emails

Coup plotters: Justice Ginni and Mr. Thomas
H/T Scissorhead Jimmy-T

Justice Ginni was pen pals with Stupid Coup plotter John Eastman:

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has obtained email correspondence between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and lawyer John Eastman, who played a key role in efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, according to three people involved in the committee’s investigation.

The emails show that Thomas’s efforts to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said. The three declined to provide details and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

The committee’s members and staffers are now discussing whether to spend time during their public hearings exploring Ginni Thomas’s role in the attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, the three people said. The Washington Post previously reported that the committee had not sought an interview with Thomas and was leaning against pursuing her cooperation with its investigation.

We now know that this coup was plotted by Republicans from all three branches of the government.

Let that sink in for a moment.

As we know, there is no code of ethics at the SCOTUS, and so there is no way to force the Thomases (and let’s face it, they are a package deal) to recuse themselves from cases that might evolve from the Stupid Coup. Ginni is a material person of interest at this point, Clarence cannot reasonably claim to be impartial on anything.

If they do not resign, they should be impeached, and boy howdy are we in uncharted waters here. The John Roberts’ SCOTUS is illegitimate as hell and if ever there were a time to scrape the whole thing off the shoe of the body politic and start over, it is now.

UPDATE 1: Yes, NYTimes and yes, Haberman –