The Supreme Court refused on July 22 to rehear a lawsuit that was filed against three justices because they rejected a previous lawsuit aimed at lawmakers who certified the 2020 election victory of President Joe Biden.
In the case at hand, Brunson v. Sotomayor, Mr. Brunson, sued Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson in their official capacities for voting on Feb. 21, 2023, to deny the petition for certiorari, or review, in his previous lawsuit known as Brunson v. Adams.
On May 28 of this year, all three Democrat-appointed justices being sued in the same case recused themselves as the Supreme Court denied that petition for certiorari.
The Supreme Court justices cited judicial disqualification mandates in the U.S. Code and the Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, which the nation's highest court adopted in November 2023.
The court has "a legal and binding duty under the law to grant" the petition, which "Centers on their oath of office which cannot be ignored without it being a violation of their oath of office," he argued.
The justices' oath requires them to be impartial, to administer justice and "Do equal right to the poor and to the rich," and uphold the U.S. Constitution and the nation's laws.
No justices dissented and the court did not explain its reasoning.
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