{"id":2053426,"date":"2023-10-03T04:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-denies-petition-with-recusal-from-justice-clarence-thomas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T04:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:21:52","slug":"supreme-court-denies-petition-with-recusal-from-justice-clarence-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-denies-petition-with-recusal-from-justice-clarence-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court denies petition."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-denies-petition-with-recusal-from-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=2053426&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Attorney John Eastman<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S.\u2062 Supreme Court on \u200bOct. 2 rejected an appeal from attorney John \u2063Eastman after a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-upholds-arizona-voter-restrictions-spelling-trouble-for-doj-georgia-voter-rights-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voter Restrictions, Spelling Trouble For DOJ Georgia \u2018Voter Rights\u2019 Lawsuit\">lower court found<\/a> that he may have acted in a criminal manner regarding legal advice he provided to former President Donald Trump, prompting a recusal from Justice Clarence Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme\u200b Court left intact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-to-hear-appeal-over-ky-abortion-law\/\" title=\"SCOTUS to hear appeal over Ky. abortion law\">lower court ruling<\/a> that mandates that Mr. Eastman \u2062hand over \u200demails to the House\u200c of Representatives&#8217; Jan. 6 committee, which was dissolved earlier this year as Republicans took control of the chamber. Justice Thomas \u200bdidn&#8217;t issue a \u200bwritten statement in \u2062the order, and \u200dthe Supreme Court provided no reasoning for denying \u200chis petition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied,&#8221; the order said. &#8220;Justice Thomas took no \u200dpart in the consideration or decision of this petition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fulton-county-da-may-approach-trump-co-defendants-with-plea-deals-5500991?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Fulton County DA May Approach Trump \u200dCo-defendants With\u200c Plea Deals<\/h3>\n<p>          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fulton-county-da-may-approach-trump-co-defendants-with-plea-deals-5500991?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/new-york-gov-hochul-mocks-justice-thomas-as-supreme-court-moves-gun-law-challenge-forward-5499305?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>New\u2063 York Gov. Hochul Criticizes Justice Thomas as Supreme Court Moves \u200dGun Law Challenge Forward<\/h3>\n<p>          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/27\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/new-york-gov-hochul-mocks-justice-thomas-as-supreme-court-moves-gun-law-challenge-forward-5499305?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Mr. Eastman, a former law professor, was \u2062once a clerk for Justice \u2063Thomas and reportedly was in contact with the justice&#8217;s wife, Ginni \u200cThomas, \u2063in recent years.\u200d Last \u2064year, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/16\/ginni-thomas-john-eastman-correspondence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> correspondence with Ms. Thomas regarding &#8220;any matters pending or likely to come before the Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>His case concerns an attempt\u200b to \u200bblock the U.S. House subcommittee&#8217;s efforts to\u200c force his former\u2063 workplace,\u2062 Chapman University, to provide emails.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Eastman\u2063 had \u200drepresented the \u200cformer president in a\u200b lawsuit\u200b that sought \u200cto challenge voting results in four\u2063 states, and he later spoke at the rally before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Mr. Eastman had theorized that then-Vice\u200c President Mike \u2062Pence could refuse \u2062to certify the 2020 election results\u200c during the Jan. 6 Joint Session of\u2062 Congress. Mr. Pence ultimately did certify\u200d the \u2064election results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That prompted Mr. Eastman to file a lawsuit in federal court to prevent his former \u200bemployer from complying \u200cwith the subcommittee&#8217;s subpoena. U.S. District Court\u200b Judge David Carter\u2064 in Santa Ana, California, in\u200d 2022 ordered certain emails to be turned over, including those related \u200cto \u2062President Trump and Mr. Eastman&#8217;s court efforts to delay congressional certification after the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney\u2013client communications are normally safeguarded from disclosure. However, a so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-denies-petition-with-recusal-from-justice-clarence-thomas\/\" title=\"Justice Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court denies petition.\">-called crime-fraud exception applies<\/a> when a\u200d judge determines that those communications \u2062were meant \u2062to further or conceal a\u2062 crime.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Carter wrote in his order that President Trump and Mr. Eastman had &#8220;more likely than not&#8221; committed a crime in trying to obstruct\u200c Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u200d Eastman has sought to erase\u200d the judge&#8217;s determination that \u200cthe crime-fraud exception applied to some of the emails. His lawyers argued that \u2064given the fact\u2064 that the emails eventually were \u2063publicly disclosed and left the legal case moot, Judge Carter&#8217;s ruling &#8220;imposes a\u2062 stigma&#8221; \u200con both him and Trump and should \u200cbe voided.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That \u200druling created a stigma for both Petitioner and his client, the former President of the United States and current candidate for the presidency,&#8221; Mr. Eastman&#8217;s appeal to the top court said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:914px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>John \u2062Eastman at the Ellipse, near the White House, on Jan. 6, 2021. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The former Trump attorney appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in November 2022 rejected his request to wipe out the judge&#8217;s crime-fraud decision.<\/p>\n<h2>Other \u200dLegal Trouble<\/h2>\n<p>Aside from the subpoena case, Mr. Eastman is one of\u200d 19 defendants who face racketeering \u2063charges in Georgia for their activity in \u2062the wake \u200cof the 2020 election. In\u200c August, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged him, President Trump, and the others in \u200cthe\u200d case; all the defendants initially pleaded not guilty, \u2062although one has since agreed to plead guilty to five \u2064misdemeanor counts of conspiracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>After surrendering to the charges\u2064 in August, Mr. Eastman issued a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnhamgorokhov.com\/john-eastman-statement-upon-self-surrender-in-fulton-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> \u2064criticizing the indictment, saying it &#8220;should\u200b never have been\u2062 brought&#8221; \u2063and that it targets &#8220;attorneys for their zealous advocacy on behalf of\u200c their\u2064 clients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt represents a \u2064crossing of the\u200c Rubicon \u2062for our country, implicating the fundamental First Amendment right to petition the government \u200cfor redress of grievances,\u201d he said. \u201cThe attempt to criminalize \u2062our rights to such redress with this\u200b indictment\u2062 will have\u2062 &#8230; profound\u2064 consequences for our \u2064system of justice.&#8221; \u200bThe former Chapman University\u2064 law school dean also faces disbarment \u2064proceedings \u2063in California.<\/p>\n<p>More\u2064 than 100 former law clerks, including Mr. Eastman, who worked under Justice Thomas,\u2064 signed an open letter\u200d defending the justice&#8217;s integrity after he\u2062 was accused in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-the-week-in-whoppers-bidens-debt-deception-the-ny-times-chinese-propagandist-and-more\/\" title=\"NY Post Editorial Board: The Week in Whoppers: Biden\u2019s Debt Deception, the NY Times\u2019 Chinese Propagandist and More\">left-wing media reports<\/a>\u2062 of taking gifts from \u200dGOP donors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;Different paths led us to\u200c our \u200dyear with \u2064Justice \u200bThomas, and we have followed different paths since.\u200c But\u200c along the \u200cway, we all saw with\u200b our own eyes the same\u200b thing: His integrity\u200c is unimpeachable,&#8221; reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/over-100-former-clerks-justice-thomas-sign-open-letter-defending-his-integrity-independence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter,<\/a> which appeared to be in response to a series of ProPublica reports that \u2063focused on the\u2064 justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It added: \u201cLately, \u200cthe stories have \u2062questioned \u200bhis integrity and his ethics for \u200dthe friends\u200b he keeps. We are proud to \u2062have been his clerks and to remain\u200d his friends, and we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-former-clerks-of-clarence-thomas-defend-integrity-and-character-in-open-letter\/\" title=\"100+ ex-clerks of Clarence Thomas vouch for his integrity and character in open letter.\">unequivocally reject attacks<\/a>\u200b on his integrity, his character, \u2064or \u2064his\u2062 ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for Mr. Eastman, Harvey Silvergate, told news\u200b outlets at the\u200b time of the letter&#8217;s publication that\u200b his client &#8220;was a law clerk for Justice \u2064Thomas,&#8221; and that &#8220;there is obviously a cordial\u200b relationship between them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n  <em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role did John\u2062 Eastman play in the 2020 election and the subsequent Capitol\u2064 riot, as revealed by the House committee&#8217;s\u2063 investigation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ding his involvement in the 2020 election\u200b and the subsequent January 6th Capitol riot. However, emails uncovered by the House committee investigating the events showed\u200b that\u200c Eastman had indeed been in\u2063 contact with Ms. Thomas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The lower\u2062 court ruling, which was \u2062upheld by the Supreme Court, requires Eastman to hand over these emails to the House committee. The committee&#8217;s investigation aims to uncover any potential involvement of \u2064former President Donald Trump \u200din the planning or incitement of the Capitol\u2062 riot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Justice Thomas&#8217;s recusal from the case is notable, given his previous professional connection to Eastman. \u2064It is common for\u2063 justices to recuse themselves from cases in \u2062which they have a personal or professional relationship\u2062 with \u200cone of the parties involved to maintain \u2064impartiality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>However, the Supreme \u2062Court&#8217;s decision to reject Eastman&#8217;s appeal without providing any reasoning leaves some questions\u200d unanswered. The Court&#8217;s order simply stated that the\u2062 petition was denied and that Justice Thomas did not \u200bparticipate in the decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>This development comes amidst ongoing investigations into\u200c the events of January 6th, as well as efforts to \u2062hold those involved accountable. The\u2063 House committee&#8217;s request for Eastman&#8217;s \u2064emails suggests\u200b a belief that he may have provided legal advice that contributed to the actions leading up to\u200c the riot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The denial of Eastman&#8217;s appeal by the Supreme Court reinforces the importance of cooperating with investigations and providing transparency in legal matters. It serves as a reminder that even \u200bthose in positions \u2062of authority and influence are subject to accountability \u200dand must be held responsible for their \u2062actions within the bounds of the\u200b law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>As the investigation into the January 6th \u2062Capitol riot continues, it remains to\u200b be seen what further developments will arise and what consequences may follow for those deemed responsible. The pursuit of\u200b justice and\u2062 truth \u200cin this case is vital for the preservation of democracy and the maintenance of the rule of law in \u200dthe United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court denied attorney John Eastman&#8217;s appeal on Oct. 2. A lower court had determined that he potentially engaged in criminal behavior while offering legal counsel to ex-President Donald Trump. This led Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself. 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