{"id":1403062,"date":"2022-03-27T13:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403062"},"modified":"2022-03-27T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:30:01","slug":"raging-impeachment-addiction-jonathan-turley-flames-the-left-over-calls-to-impeach-justice-clarence-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raging-impeachment-addiction-jonathan-turley-flames-the-left-over-calls-to-impeach-justice-clarence-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Raging Impeachment Addiction\u2019: Jonathan Turley Flames The Left Over Calls To Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fraging-impeachment-addiction-jonathan-turley-flames-the-left-over-calls-to-impeach-justice-clarence-thomas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1191915904.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley laid into the left\u2019s recent calls to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, saying that they were indicative of a \u201craging impeachment addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/leftists-demand-clarence-thomas-be-impeached-over-his-wifes-texts\/\">demand<\/a> for Justice Thomas\u2019 impeachment came about because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/24\/politics\/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages\/index.html\">texts sent<\/a> by his wife Ginni Thomas to then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, encouraging him to fight for former President Donald Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/media-claims-ginni-thomas-was-agitating-about-trumps-election-loss-on-a-listserv-thats-not-what-happened\/\">claiming<\/a> that the 2020 presidential election had been rife with fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argued that Justice Thomas should have recused himself in matters relating to the 2020 election \u2014 in particular, the investigation into the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill \u2014 because of his wife\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-view-keeps-pushing-claim-that-clarence-thomas-wife-egged-on-january-6th-riot\/\">alleged ties<\/a> to the event. Ginni Thomas, for her part, said that she had attended the beginning of the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d rally, but had left before Trump spoke because she was cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I have a question for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats: Why haven\u2019t you impeached Clarence Thomas yet?&#8217;\u201d Mehdi Hasan tweeted. \u201cI make the case in a new <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@MSNBC\u00a0<\/span><span>op-ed, using historical precedent &#038; basic political common sense, for why Dems should impeach Justice Thomas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I have a question for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats: Why haven\u2019t you impeached Clarence Thomas yet?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I make the case in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSNBC<\/a> op-ed, using historical precedent &#038; basic political common sense, for why Dems should impeach Justice Thomas:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0XvYZ4zteD\">https:\/\/t.co\/0XvYZ4zteD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1504263721077592072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Turley, who served as a witness in the first impeachment trial of then President Donald Trump, argued that the push to impeach Justice Thomas \u2014 especially over alleged actions taken by his wife \u2014 was indicative of a culture enamored with impeachment rather than justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe calls for Justice Thomas\u2019 impeachment are entirely disconnected from any constitutional or logical foundation. Rather, the Thomas controversy shows how the impeachment mantra has become a raging impeachment addiction,\u201d Turley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1508036529846956033\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, Justice Thomas did not commit an impeachable offense,\u201d he wrote in an attached article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>It is often said that \u2018if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.\u2019 In modern American politics, it often seems like the only tool is impeachment and every controversy instantly becomes a high crime and misdemeanor. Donald Trump was impeached not once but twice. Not long after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, Democrats like then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Elizabeth Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2021\/07\/26\/the-kavanaugh-conspiracy-demands-to-reopen-investigation-ignore-both-key-facts-and-law\/\">demanded his impeachment<\/a>.\u00a0 Others demanded the <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2020\/06\/22\/cnn-analyst-calls-for-barrs-impeachment\/\">impeachment of Attorney General Bill Barr<\/a> and cabinet members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is only the latest addition to that ever-lengthening list. In reality, the calls for his impeachment are entirely disconnected from any constitutional or logical foundation. Rather, the Thomas controversy shows how the impeachment mantra has become a raging impeachment addiction.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe most ironic may be Barbara Boxer who organized the challenge to the certification of George W. Bush\u2019s victory. She argued that Republicans stole the election,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1508037351292870656\">added<\/a>, listing several others \u2014 from Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to Hasan \u2014 who had called for the Justice\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Turley concluded by arguing that to allow the pursuit of impeachment with regard to Justice Thomas \u2014 on the grounds suggested by the left \u2014 would be to open the door for future justices to be impeached at will as the balance of power shifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe calls for the impeachment of Justice Thomas are ludicrous but there is nothing laughable about the impeachment addiction fueling this frenzy. Impeaching Thomas based on these grounds would expose all justices to the threat of impeachments as majorities shift in Congress,\u201d Turley said.<\/p>\n<p><span><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley laid into the left\u2019s recent calls to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, saying that they were indicative of a \u201craging impeachment addiction.\u201dThe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}