has the lowest approval rating by the american public in almost 50 years. and so, all of this is disconcerting, especially the content of the texts by ginni thomas. and the fact that justice thomas could be sitting while there are cases that come about, due to the january 6th insurrection. it has cost a lot of problems, including the fact that most recently, he was the only no vote, when it came to questions of releasing information relevant to the investigation of the january 6th insurrection. glenn, here s how he put in a situation in an op-ed for the new york times. he writes, what a terrifying moment in which the wife of a serving supreme court justice unabashedly exploits her insider access, ignores the idea of checks and balances, promotes conspiracy theories and essentially endorsed this insurrection. her conduct isn t some passing curiosity. it s a sign of the times, and it s a warning to us all. glenn, what do you think it says that these crazy theories have now essentially
promotes conspiracy theories and essentially endorsed this insurrection. her conduct isn t some passing curiosity. it s a sign of the times, and it s a warning to us all. glenn, what do you think it says that these crazy theories have now essentially made it to the highest court in the land? jonathan, it says that we have a crisis at the supreme court. a crisis of legitimacy. one thing that i think we have learned by justice thomas s failure to refuse, remove himself from a case where it sure looks like he has a conflict. you know, you could be called upon to decide, for example, whether his wife s own texts, which really are inappropriate at best, and incriminating at worst, it would be in a position to decide whether they should be disclosed to the january six committee, and by extension to the american people. or hidden from the january six committee. you know, there is a crisis at
human, and then they set it aside and go back about their work. one thing that you do if you are a member of the judiciary or a federal prosecutor is that you learn to keep yourself insulated from political goings on in the country. they don t have a role to play in your work. they are not anything more than a passing curiosity. i think it s hard for people to believe this sometimes but my own personal experience leads me to believe that there are judges all over the country who are saying, okay, you know, this, too, will pass. now we ve got cases to decide and parties to send on their way with the decisions that we make so that they can get on with their lives. chuck rosenberg, this, too, shall pass is what we all say around our table every day. but do you see this as an escalation? we say this, too, shall pass about the president s attacks on the intelligence community. and this week he disregarded the assessment about the crown prince of saudi arabia s role in the killing of an am