Hi,
Clarence Thomas is taking a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook by
claiming that the well-documented reports of his corruption scandals are
simply “nastiness and lies.”^1
The Supreme Court Justice can’t make his ethics violations — undisclosed,
paid-for luxury vacations with right-wing billionaires, a web of
conservative dark money benefitting him and his wife, failures to recuse
himself from cases where he has clear conflicts of interest (including the
Trump immunity case) — disappear with a few defensive words. But Congress
can hold Thomas accountable and finally end corruption on the Supreme
Court by passing a Supreme Court Ethics Act.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to pass a SCOTUS ethics act and put an
end to Clarence Thomas’ ethics scandals. Restore ethical standards to the
Supreme Court now!
ADD YOUR NAME
There has been a year’s worth of reporting on Thomas’ decades of scandals
that has led to an official congressional investigation and Senate
subpoenas of his billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow and architect of
stacking the Court with right-wing judges, Leonard Leo. It’s all real
reporting, no lies and no nastiness.
What Thomas is doing to our judicial system and public confidence in the
nation’s highest court is more “nasty” than the investigative journalism
uncovering all of his ethics violations.
The latest example of Thomas’ misdeeds is his refusal to recuse himself
from the Trump immunity case despite his wife’s participation in efforts
to overturn the 2020 election.^2
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.”^3 The conflict of interest is clear,
yet Justice Thomas has ignored calls for him to recuse himself from the
case.
The Supreme Court is supposed to be fair and independent, but ruling in a
case that will directly impact your family doesn’t seem fair nor
independent. We need big changes on the Court. We need Congress to pass
this bill to finally create a real, binding code of conduct for our
federal courts.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Pass a Supreme Court ethics act now!
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The Guardian, “Clarence Thomas: Washington is a ‘hideous place’ of
‘nastiness and lies,’” [ [link removed] ]May 11, 2024.
2. The New Yorker, “Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s 'Stop
the Steal' Texts,” [ [link removed] ]March 25, 2022.
3. New York Times, "Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s
Immunity in Unexpected Direction,” [ [link removed] ]April 26, 2024.
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