SIGN NOW: Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. Thomas can’t be trusted to rule impartially in any cases about it and must recuse himself >>
John, we celebrated a major win this week when the Colorado Supreme Court DISQUALIFIED Donald Trump from their state ballot for his role in the Jan. 6th insurrection – but our action can’t stop now.
Why? Because Trump’s legal team vowed to appeal this case to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping it will toss out this ruling. [1]
This means that Trump’s eligibility for the ballot will be up to the nine Justices of the Supreme Court – including Justice Thomas, despite his wife’s major role in the far right’s efforts to end American democracy itself.
This is a major, clear-cut conflict of interest for Justice Thomas, whose wife Ginni Thomas was involved at the highest levels in the Trump White House’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. [2]
Let’s be clear: The Supreme Court adopted a non-binding code of conduct just this year right after a series of scandals called Justice Thomas’s impartiality into question. So, if they want us to believe it’s worth more than the paper it’s written on, this is the time to do it!
Sign the Petition: If the Supreme Court wants us to believe its new code of conduct is more than just a PR stunt, Justice Thomas must follow it and recuse himself from Trump’s disqualification case >>
This is a historic case – and one we took legal action in support of because we agree that Trump’s leading role in inciting the insurrection on January 6, 2021, means he should never be allowed to hold office again.
But Trump is sure to appeal this case to the U.S. Supreme Court before it takes effect – as other states grapple with this very same constitutional question: is a former President above the law?
We know what Ginni Thomas thinks. In November 2020, she pressured lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin to overturn the election results and directly colluded with Trump’s chief of staff – urging him in a text to “release the Kraken and save us from the left taking America down.” [2,3]
But in spite of that, Justice Thomas has already deliberated on several 2020 election-related cases – and in one, he was the only one to side with Trump in his attempt to block congressional investigators from obtaining White House communications, including those his wife Ginni sent. [3]
Add your name if you agree: the public can’t trust Justice Thomas to rule impartially on Trump’s disqualification case or anything else related to the January 6th attack. He MUST recuse himself.
John, if we don’t speak out now, Justice Thomas could continue to weigh in on these all-important cases despite his massive conflict of interest.
I hope you’ll join me in speaking out,
Aaron Scherb, Senior Director of Legislative Affairs
and the rest of the Common Cause team
[1]
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4368632-trump-campaign-vows-to-appeal-colorados-14th-amendment-case-completely-flawed-decision/
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/
[3] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ginni-thomas-emails-show-she-urged-wisconsin-lawmakers-to-oveturn-2020-election