Pelosi on Thursday declined tell thomas should recuse himself or leave the court, telling reporters: “I don’t think he should ever been assigned so we could take it back there.”
But she said the lack of judgment of the code of ethics is a serious problem.
“They don’t have a code of ethics,” Pelosi said in her weekly news conferences at the Capitol. – And it is true? Supreme Court of United States? They make judgments about air we breathe and everything else and we don’t even know what are their ethical standard is an? … Why should they have lower standards than members of Congress in terms of reports and everything else?
Pelosi noted that HR 1, the People Act, includes language call for creation of judicial code of ethics. The measure was passed by the House of Representatives this month. in mostly party-line vote but his chances are low in Senate.
The speaker suggested that the House committee could hold a hearing on the code of spend issue soon, although she did not elaborate.
On Thomas in In particular, Pelosi spoke little about the Supreme Court. justice but made a scathing remark about his wife’s text messages calling for the Trump White House work cancel win.
“I have heard people say from time to time: “Well, it’s private decision of judge whether it is should recuse themselves,” Pelosi said. “Well, if your wife is a recognized and proud accomplice in the coup of our country, maybe you should weigh it in your ethics.”
Jeannie Thomas’ text messages were among the thousands of documents related to the January 6 uprising, including other text messages and emails that former head of the white house of employee Mark Meadows turned over to a special committee of the House of Representatives to investigate attack before he abruptly stopped fully cooperating with in panel in December.
In some of the comments Ginny Thomas was zealous in asks Meadows help cancel the 2020 election results. “Help this great President stand firm, Mark,” she wrote. on November 10, 2020 “Most know that Biden and the left are trying to pull off the greatest heist ever. of Our story.”
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) said he plans to call for supreme court code of ethics, and in remarks on Senate floor Thursday.
“I on in way to the Senate floor talk about my Supreme Court Ethics Act and need for The Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of Behavior,” Murphy wrote on Thursday morning. “Thomas’ revelations make clear The Supreme Court cannot should not the police themselves.