Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take former President Donald Trump's immunity case, Justice Clarence Thomas faced pressure to not participate due to his wife's involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. 'Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from this case,' asserted Stand Up America, echoing the progressive advocacy group's demand for another Trump case argued before the court earlier this month.
Them taking the case now means that Chutkan must wait to begin the trial, just months from the November election. 'The Supreme Court's decision to hear Trump's appeal and delay arguments until April is a deliberate attempt to postpone accountability for Trump's role in the January 6th attack on our country,' declared Stand Up America executive director Christina Harvey. 'It also gives Trump a free pass on the campaign trail in the meantime.
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