Hi,

ProPublica just uncovered that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly attended donor summits hosted by the Koch brothers.1 This is yet another Clarence Thomas scandal that could seriously impact a critically important SCOTUS case.

SCOTUS is set to hear a case brought against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by predatory payday lenders and the banking industry — and the case is backed by a right-wing advocacy group funded by the Kochs.2 Thomas' connection with the Kochs is yet another example of why SCOTUS desperately needs ethics reforms.

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The CFPB is a federal agency created after the ‘08 crash thanks to the leadership of Senator Elizabeth Warren. The CFPB holds banks and financial institutions accountable when they take advantage of consumers. Now, in one SCOTUS case, Clarence Thomas, the Kochs, and Trump’s right-wing judges could destroy the consumer protections Senator Warren and Democrats fought so hard for after the economic crisis.

The slew of Clarence Thomas’ ethics issues are not minor, isolated incidents. To describe Thomas’s string of behaviors that likely broke the law, experts and retired judges have used words like INCOMPREHENSIBLE, HIDING, VIOLATION, and CORRODES PUBLIC TRUST.3,4

Thomas should be nowhere near this CFPB case before the Supreme Court, but he’s planning to sit for oral arguments on October 3. Congress needs to act now!

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Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. ProPublica, "Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events," September 22, 2023.
  2. The Revolving Door Project, "Clarence Thomas Must Recuse From Koch-Backed CFPB SCOTUS Case," September 25, 2022.
  3. Pro Publica, "Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire,” April 6, 2023.
  4. Pro Publica, "Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal,” April 13, 2023.

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