Evidence of Justice Clarence Thomas’s corruption continues to mount. These revelations—from gifts, to luxury trips, to a nephew’s tuition, to the still-expanding understanding of the breadth and depth of Thomas’s ethics disclosure violations—cement the now-unavoidable conclusion that Justice Thomas’s presence on the Court is more than an embarrassment—it’s a threat to the rule of law. AFJ and a growing coalition of partners as well as officials are calling on Justice Thomas to resign. Only Thomas’s resignation will restore Americans’ record-low faith that the Court can be trusted to fairly administer the law. Now it’s time for Senate Democrats to turn up and join our call: Thomas, resign!
We applaud the efforts of Senator Whitehouse, who led a hearing on Wednesday of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. The subcommittee reviewed the judicial ethics processes at the U.S. Judicial Conference, the national administrative governing and policymaking body for the federal court system.
Don’t miss May 31 when AFJ will be hosting a conversation between NARAL President Mini Timmaraju and AFJ President Rakim Brooks as part of our Holding Court series, which features interviews and dialogues featuring leading attorneys, progressive advocates, politicians, and thought leaders on current events and today’s social justice issues. The conversation with Mini Timmaraju will take place on Twitter Spaces. You don’t need a Twitter account to attend, but Twitter users can set a reminder to attend here.
You can watch all previous Holding Court conversations on our website. We recently hosted a similar conversation with Dahlia Lithwick about her new book Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America to great success.
