'I Think the Court Has Crossed the Rubicon': Sen. Chris Murphy Sounds Alarm Over Photo of Clarence Thomas with Senate Candidate Herschel Walker

Remarking on a photo of Herschel Walker and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York asked whether Thomas will recuse himself from any cases that emerge from the Peach State’s 2022 Senate election contest. And Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut pushed for the passage of the “Supreme Court Ethics Act.”
Walker, a former NFL player, is running to serve as a U.S. senator from Georgia and has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Walker will be competing in the Republican primary next month. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who entered office in early 2021 after winning a special election runoff, is seeking election to a full six-year term.
“Herschel got to spend time with Justice Thomas while in DC to receive the Horatio Alger Award this week,” Walker’s communications director Mallory Blount tweeted, along with a photo of Walker with Thomas.
“Will Justice Thomas now recuse himself from matters arising under this year’s Senate election in Georgia?” Rep. Jones tweeted in response to the photo.