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Dozens of Republican lawmakers sent Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a letter Monday demanding that she recuse herself from the travel ban case.

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Letter To Justice Ginsburg

Dozens of Republican lawmakers sent Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a letter Monday demanding that she recuse herself from the travel ban case.

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Conngress of the United States Washington, DE 20515 June 26, 2017 Madam Justice Ginsburg The Supreme Court of the United States One First Street, NE Washington, DC 20543 Dear Madam Justice: We write to request that you recuse yourself from participation in Trump v, International Refugee Assistance Project. As an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, you are required to recuse yourself in cases in which your “impartiality might reasonably be questioned,”' and where you have “a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rested its decision in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump on President Trump’s campaign statements, The case places the personal credibility of President Trump directly at issue. Given ‘your repeated public criticism of both candidate and President Trump, the statute is triggered and your recusal in Trump v, International Refugee Assistance Project is required by law. ‘Your public criticism of Donald Trump during the campaign included statements such as, “I ‘can’t imagine what this place would be-I can’t imagine what the country would be-with Donald ‘Trump as our president.” You referred to Donald Trump as “a faker.”* When asked about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the presidency, you responded “I don’t want to think about that possibility, but if it should be, then everything is up for grabs.”° Additionally, friendly media outlets harshly criticized your conduct. For example, the editorial board of The New York Times found it “baffling that Justice Ginsburg would choose to... call her own commitment to impartiality into question,” and wondered whether, in a case involving Mr. Trump, if anyone could “now argue with a straight face that Justice Ginsburg’s only guide would be the law.” § 45510). §455(b)(). 9 Adam Liptak, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, No Fan of Donald Trump, Critiques Latest Term, N.Y. TOES, July 10,2016, hps:/wow.nytimes.com/2016'07/11/us/polities/ruth-bader-ainsburg-no-fan-of-donald-trump-critques-latet- term btmlsmid=pl-shares FL * Joan Biskupic, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Trump a ‘Faker,’ He Says She Should Resign, CNN, Suly 13, 2016, https/www.cnn.com/2016(07/12politicsjustice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-onald-trump-faker Mark Sherman, AP Interview: Ginsberg Reflects on Big Cases, Scalia's Death, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 8, 2016, Inps:/apnews.com/Oda3a641190742669cc0d0 1b90cd5 fa/ap-interview-insburg-reflets-big-cases-scalias-death, Editorial, Donald Trump is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, N.Y. TIMES, July 13, 2016, hntps.//www.nytimes.cony2016107/13/opiniondonald-trump-isrightabout-justice-uth-bader- sinsburg him?smid~pl-share. Echoing similar sentiments, the editorial board of The Washington Post, while citing the admonition in the Code of Conduct for United States Judges that a “judge should not ... publicly endorse or oppose a candidate for public office,” wrote your “remarks about the campaign . . [were] inconsistent with [your] function in our democratic system” and risked “undermin|ing] public faith in the impartiality of the courts.”” You are bound by law to recuse yourself from participation in this case. There is no doubt that ‘your impartiality can be reasonably questioned; indeed, it would be unreasonable not to question ‘your impartiality. Your participation in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project would violate the law and undermine the credibility of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sincerely, 1 Baitorial, Justice Ginsburg's Inappropriate Comments on Donald Trump, WASH. 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