Hi,
Clarence Thomas shouldn’t be ruling on Trump’s immunity case because his
wife, Ginni Thomas, attended the January 6 Stop the Steal rally and
pleaded with senior White House staff to help Trump overturn the election
in the days leading up to the insurrection.^1
Here’s how the New York Times put it: “Justice Clarence Thomas, who
participated in the case despite his wife [Ginni] Thomas’s own vigorous
efforts to overturn the election.”^2 The conflict of interest is clear,
yet Justice Thomas has ignored calls for him to recuse himself from the
case. We need serious, immediate reforms to fix the nation’s highest court
— one of those is term limits to keep corrupt conservatives from serving
for decades.
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Court!
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The Supreme Court could decide if Trump and many others — including Ginni
Thomas — can be held accountable for their roles in trying to overturn
democratic elections.^3 How, in America, is a judge allowed to rule on a
case directly impacting his family?!
It’s an injustice that Clarence Thomas can even remain on the Supreme
Court after months and months of reports about Thomas’s serious, extensive
corruption issues. He’s taken millions in undisclosed luxury vacations and
income from right-wing billionaires, he’s changed his positions after webs
of right-wing dark money happen to benefit him and his wife — the list
goes on and on. It’s very likely Thomas has broken the law in all of these
scandals.^4
The Supreme Court is supposed to be fair and independent, but corruption
scandals from Thomas, Alito, Roberts, and the other conservatives show why
we need big changes on the Court.
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Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The New Yorker, “Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s 'Stop
the Steal' Texts,” [ [link removed] ]March 25, 2022.
2. New York Times, "Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s
Immunity in Unexpected Direction,” [ [link removed] ]April 26, 2024.
3. CBS News, “Supreme Court appears divided over obstruction law used to
prosecute Trump, Jan. 6 rioters,” [ [link removed] ]April 16, 2024.
4. ProPublica, “Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire,” [ [link removed] ]April 6, 2023.
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