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Why Democrats Should Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas

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Today, we agree that a judge cannot, and should not, be removed simply because we disagree with their rulings, says MSNBC opinion columnist Mehdi Hasan. But, he says, we should then also agree that if judges are violating ethics or subject to conflicts of interest, they should in theory be impeached and removed from the bench.

Hasan asks: What would Republicans be doing if they had held a House majority and, say, Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s spouse had supported attempts to block a duly elected GOP president from taking office and she refused to recuse herself from related cases?

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