| Friend, At the beginning of June, the Supreme Court justices released their financial disclosure forms showing their stock earnings, income, and gifts received for 2022. Well, seven of the justices did -- Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito did not.(1) In the wake of revelations that he's received hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow, Thomas refuses to share what he has garnered this year. But the decisions he’s rendered in the past six month show just what those gifts have bought:
Thomas’ blatant corruption and disregard for the Constitution are undermining Americans’ faith in the Supreme Court, and he must be held to account. We have joined with the Alliance for Justice campaign to highlight Thomas’ misdeeds and demand that he resign. Will you sign our petition calling for Justice Clarence Thomas’ resignation?
It is unconscionable that judges at every other level of the federal system are bound by an enforceable code of ethics but the Supreme Court is not. The results have been a Supreme Court rampant with corruption and bribery, and no one has taken greater advantage than Thomas. He was the lone dissent on a January 6 insurrection case to protect the co-conspirators -- including his wife, who was discovered to be part of planning the insurrection. He refused to recuse himself from future cases involving his wife. And then there is the matter of Harlan Crow, from whom Thomas accepted gifts ranging from lavish trips to private school tuition for relatives to rent-free housing for his mother.(2) Do we think that a petition will convince Thomas to step down? No. But our call will send an unmistakable message to the Biden administration and Congress that we are not turning a blind eye to what Thomas has done, and that they need to step up to protect this important institution. Call for Justice Clarence Thomas’ resignation now! Thank you for joining the fight. –Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jen, Lindsay, and Scottie (and the rest of the Courage team)
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