When the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson on Thursday morning, February 8, one of the justices asking attorney Jason Murray questions was Justice Clarence Thomas. Some of Thomas’ critics have been arguing that he should have recused him from the case, which deals with the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Donald Trump from their presidential ballot based on Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Section 3 states that an “officer” who has engaged in “insurrection” is ineligible to run for certain government positions. And some of the T…
