3 U.S. Supreme Court Justices To Be Disbarred

To:  Disciplinary Boards of Justices O'Connor, Scalia and Thomas

We, the undersigned, hereby request that formal disciplinary proceedings be initiated and "disbarment" is appropriate against United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas for violating the Rules of Court and NOT "recusing" themselves in the case of Bush vs. Gore.

The outcome of the 2000 Presidential election was a result of corruption at the highest judicial level, the U.S. Supreme Court. This is an outrage and totally unacceptable in a democratic society. We cannot and will not allow this to go unanswered.

The disgraceful conduct of these three Justices have made a mockery of the law and made the United States of America the laughing stock of the world.

There is federal law on "recusal" for all U.S. Judges, including the Supreme Court Justices:

28 USC 455 reads, in part:

(a) Any justice, judge, or magistrate of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

(b) He shall also disqualify himself in the following circumstances:

(1) Where he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding;

(4) He knows that he, individually or as a fiduciary, or his spouse or minor child residing in his household, has a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding;

(5) He or his spouse, or a person within the third degree of relationship to either of them, or the spouse of such a person:

(i) Is a party to the proceeding, or an officer, director, or trustee of a party;

(ii) Is acting as a lawyer in the proceeding;

(iii) Is known by the judge to have an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding;

(iv) Is to the judge's knowledge likely to be a material witness in the proceeding.

As the U.S. Supreme Court, itself noted, in Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 548 (1994), "what matters 'is not the reality of bias or prejudice, but its appearance.' Quite simply and quite universally, recusal was required whenever "impartiality might reasonably be questioned."

Of special note is the fact the opinion in Liteky v. United States was delivered by Justice Scalia with four other Justices joining including Justices O'Connor and Thomas.

Those, who founded this nation, sought to remove the tyranny that results from leaders imposed upon them. In this vein, we will not allow the unconscionable acts of Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonio Scalia and Clarence Thomas not "recusing" themselves to go unanswered. Fraud and corruption are never acceptable, especially in a Presidential election.

Below are specific reasons for which there was only one decision, that being to "recuse" themselves, that Justices O'Connor, Scalia and Thomas could have made when the U.S. Supreme Court wrongfully decided to hear the case of Bush vs. Gore. Their failure to "recuse" themselves is grounds for disbarment:

JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR'S election evening exclamation, "This is terrible," when CBS anchor Dan Rather called Florida for Al Gore before 8 P.M. clearly indicated her 'preference' in the Presidential election for which there was only one decision, that being to "recuse" herself.

JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA'S obvious conflict of interest with two of his sons working in the law firms of Ted Olson and Barry Richard, attorneys representing George W. Bush's legal interest in the cases regarding the 2000 Presidential election for which there was only one decision, that being to "recuse" himself.

JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS'S obvious conflict of interest with his wife working at the Heritage Foundation reviewing Republican resumes for the Bush administration for which there was only one decision, that being to "recuse" himself.

These Justices have committed treasonous acts and in so doing have brought shame and disgrace to the U.S. Supreme Court and to our system of government. For this they must be punished. Only then will the rebuilding of our judicial system begin.

They violated the rights of the citizens of the United States.

We demand that formal disciplinary proceedings begin in every state where these Justices are licensed and that "disbarment" is appropriate.

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Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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