Hi,

It seems that there’s no end to how many luxury vacations, shady payments,
and lavish gifts Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has received.

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported that Thomas took an
additional 3 trips — including a yacht vacation in Indonesia — funded by
billionaire GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow.^1 Over two decades, Clarence
Thomas has received over $4 million in gifts,^2 much of which have been
undisclosed like these trips with Crow.

These GOP billionaire-funded gifts and the many scandals and conflicts of
interest on the Court — between Thomas, Alito, and Roberts — cast serious
doubt on the impartiality and ethical standards on SCOTUS. But Congress
can hold Thomas accountable and finally end corruption on the Supreme
Court.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Pass a Supreme Court Ethics Act to end corruption by
Clarence Thomas and the other right-wing Justices on SCOTUS.

ADD YOUR NAME

The list of Thomas’ corruption scandals is long and includes mysterious,
unexplained business income, a web of conservative dark money benefitting
him and his wife, failures to recuse himself from cases where he has clear
conflicts of interest, and much more.

Here’s how the New York Times put Thomas’ refusal to recuse himself from
Trump’s immunity case: “Justice Clarence Thomas...participated in the case
despite his wife [Ginni] Thomas’s own vigorous efforts to overturn the
election.”^3

Justice Alito also recently became enmeshed in a new corruption scandal
when it was discovered that a Stop the Steal style flag was flying over
his house in 2020. The flag flew as the Court considered whether or not to
take on a critical election case in the days after the Capitol riots, just
before President Biden was sworn in.^4

The Supreme Court is supposed to be fair and independent, but conservative
Justices’ corruption and ethics scandals are piling up. 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: End the corruption on the Supreme Court! Pass a Supreme
Court ethics act.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. ProPublica, “Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3
Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds,” [ [link removed] ]June
13, 2024.
 2. Steven Mazie on Twitter, “It pays to be Justice Clarence Thomas. New
data from...” [ [link removed] ]June 6, 2024.
 3. The New Yorker, “Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s 'Stop
the Steal' Texts,” [ [link removed] ]March 25, 2022.
 4. The New York Times, “At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’
Symbol on Display,” [ [link removed] ]May 16, 2024.

 
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