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Open Season on Precedents

Strict Scrutiny

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Justice Thomas Is Not Recusing Himself in Cases Relating to January 6

One justice katanji brown jackson. went immediately to federal court arguing that the constitution speech or debate clause shielded him from such inquiries and he was partly successful in the district court which placed limits on what he could be asked but that court would not actually block his testimony entirely. Neither would the eleventh circuit they basically told him that the speech and debate clause did not go that far. He has since filed an emergency application before the supreme court and wait for it listeners he is represented by our good friend friend of the pod former white house counsel don mcgan of jones day. They've asked the court to intervene to issue an emergency stay, as we're recording one clarance thomas

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