for hearings. they could try to push to try to get some information about how he is making his decisions they could pressure on the chief justice john roberts to try to pressure clarence thomas. there are a lot of things that can happen. but i think there is a sense, as professor gillers told me, this is a game-changer. well. there s been some discussion about congress, as you said, passing a code of ethics for supreme court justices. does that have legs? it hasn t so far. but, again, we have not seen any conflict of interest that is quite this glaring. so far, you know, the code of ethics in issues, they tend to die out. there is a sense that, i mean , there s only been one ever to impeach a supreme court justice , that was an 1804. and it failed.
want to move the mic or whatnot, and keep it going. even though in our history. only one supreme court justice has been impeached. that was in 1804. i still think it would be good for someone to introduce articles of impeachment, to lay out this abuse of power for everyone to see. would you. two things here. on a lighter note, people can see how focused you are, because you know the dates from the 19th century of history, even as we have our technical difficulties. you re better at this than me. the second point is more serious. i know you care about this institution a lot. i know you have approved a lot of judges from the opposing party. this is not about partisanship. you were in the senate a long time. you re saying, though, that your read here is, this is a
never worry about impeachment. but mitch mcconnell is worried about that today after reporting by our first gay s tonight, bob woodward and robert costa. clarence thomas s wife s communications with trump s cheapest that mark meadows about illegally overturning the presidential election. there is nothing more rare than the impeachment of a supreme court justice. we had more presidents assassinated than supreme court justices impeached. it happened only once in 1804 when justice samuel chase was impeach by the house for, quote, 20 tending to prostitute the high judicial character with which she was invested, to the low purpose of and electioneering partisan. sound familiar? i evidence revealed by bob woodward indicates that clarence thomas might be guilty of at least that, as well as
the haitians first in 1804, through to the english, the french, the dutch, and ultimately the portuguese in brazil. it took 100 years of struggle to end slavery. now, then it took us another 100 years to convert freedom into civil rights. it took us all of the 20th century. so, you re saying patience. ..it took us all of the 20th century to give us civil rights. if it takes us all of the 21st century to have reparatory justice. you think you ll get that? ..generation by generation the struggle goes on. all right. but let me ask you, while you re waiting for official recognition from governments, what about the role of business? we ve seen in the united kingdom, for instance, the insurance company lloyds and also brewer king apologise for their roles in the transatlantic slave trade and offered financial support to charities promoting diversity and inclusion. glasgow university in scotland, in 2019, said it will raise nearly $30 million to have a caribbean centre for development and res
from here, it moved across the caribbean, it moved to the united states. so, having this interview here, you have come to the source of the crime that we are trying to adjudicate today in the broad context of reparations. and i keep on asking you this, but you re not making much progress, are you. . . yes, we are making process. ..on a government to government level at all? we are making significant progress. we do not expect this to happen overnight. but you ve said you ve been arguing for it for 100 years. absolutely! so, what has the uk government, for instance, said on reparations to you? the uk government has always said that slavery was not a crime, that slavery was legal, we did nothing wrong, we re not going to apologise. well, you re not shifting minds, are you? well, we re trying, and we will always try. but here is the issue, zeinab it took us all of the 19th century to uproot slavery from the world. the haitians first in 1804, through to the english, the french, the dutch