r/facepalm • u/Loud-Ad-2280 • 4d ago

Yeah they probably should have been charged with treason not just obstruction 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/Hexamancer 4d ago

Because they are allowed to get away with it. 

Until the American public drag them from their homes and remind them of whom they serve, they will continue to act this way.

I am, of course, not advocating for that.

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u/JustABizzle 4d ago

Of course not.

What are the rules for recusal? Is it like the police departments saying “we’ve thoroughly investigated ourselves and we can find no wrongdoing?”

It seems SO inexcusable, unfair and just wrong. Why can’t we have better systems with checks and balances?

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u/MxteryMatters 3d ago edited 3d ago

What are the rules for recusal?

Most judges must recuse themselves in any cases where their impartiality could be reasonably questioned. There are even judicial ethics commissions that can help determine if a judge should recuse themselves.

However, none of that applies to the Supreme Court Justices. They can decide for themselves if they should recuse, and there is no mechanism in place to force them to recuse themselves. There are no commissions that can tell them that they should recuse themselves.

It is up to Congress to reign in the Justices, but Republicans won't support any efforts to reign in the Supreme Court now that they have a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court.

EDITS for grammar.

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u/thegooseisloose1982 3d ago

I am not advocating for that either, but they all feel untouchable and they, and their families continue to just get billionaire hand outs while the rest of the US wants the Supreme Courts fucking hands off of the neck of Lady Liberty.