Supreme Court Appointment of Mike Lee (Za Glutton)

== Supreme Court Appointment of Mike Lee ==
=== Resignation of Clarence Thomas ===
In mid March 2025, Long-time Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas announced his resignation from the Supreme Court, only a few months after President Donald Trump had won re-election to a second term in office (nonconsecutive of his first). Many believed that this was a strategic plan to allow the President to appoint a conservative justice to the court in his stead. Thomas cited attacks on his family and invasions of his privacy as his reason for resigning. Trump congratulated Thomas on his retirement, and agreed that the "fake news media" was attacking conservative justices in a post on Truth Social. He added that his choice in a replacement candidate would arise in the coming days. 
=== Announcement of Mike Lee ===
On March 27th, 2025, in a press conference with both the President and Attorney General Mike Davis, Utah Senator Mike Lee was announced as Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. This choice was thought to be the top pick of the Federalist Society, which Trump followed. 
=== Alleged Federalist Society Meeting ===
Leaked by MSNBC two days after Lee's announcement, an alleged meeting between Trump, Lee, Davis, Senate Majority Leader Rick Scott, and multiple Federalist Society leaders including President Eugene Meyer and Co-Chairman Leonard Leo allegedly occurred on March 19th. This meeting was intended to not only solidify Trump's selection of Mike Lee, but also to discuss how executive power could be expanded with Lee on the Court in order to protect Trump from multiple legal proceedings that might reach the federal level. After this was leaked, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, alongside ranking Judiciary committee member Dick Durbin, held a press conference stating that Lee was "unable to be impartial and should not be on the Court" and that "dependent on the content of the meeting, it could be grounds for impeachment against the President, Attorney General and Majority Leader" and that "an investigation should begin as soon as possible"