Reform the Supreme Court recusal process, allowing for more transparency and review.

Supreme Court justices are required to recuse themselves from any case in which they may be biased. The statute governing recusal – 28 U.S.C. § 4552 – outlines several situations which demand recusal, such as when the judge has personal knowledge of the disputed facts, a personal bias concerning a party to the case, or earlier involvement in the case as a lawyer or material witness (see the Alliance for Justice for more information). Given Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to recuse himself from the Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475, we call upon the U.S. government to revise the transparency and review process of recusal. We, the people, demand that the process of checks and balances resumes its work for the many, rather than continues to succumb to the power of the few.