Hi,

The Supreme Court’s recent disastrous decision in Chevron undid decades of
precedent that allowed federal agencies to keep our environment, water,
food, and much, much more safe from corporate greed, wrongdoing, and
negligence. Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just lost important powers to
mega-corporations.

And at the center of it all is another giant Clarence Thomas scandal.

Thomas reversed his long-held position to side with Big Oil giant Chevron
in this landmark case after his wife reportedly accepted secret payments
from a shadowy conservative network.^1 Thomas’ shift also came while he
was receiving lavish gifts from GOP mega-donor billionaire Harlan Crow,
who was linked to other groups fighting to overturn the same corporate
regulations.^2 Congress must take action to END this corruption on the
Supreme Court.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to Congress: Clarence Thomas and the other
right-wingers on SCOTUS can’t keep getting away with ethics violations,
scandals, and conflicts of interest. Pass a Supreme Court code of ethics
now!

ADD YOUR NAME

Thomas wrote a landmark SCOTUS opinion in 2005 upholding the doctrine at
play in the Chevron case^3 — the precedent that allowed the administrative
state to continue functioning as intended. That precedent allowed the EPA
to set and enforce rules to protect rivers from chemical dumping, the FDA
to decide health and safety standards for food that ends up on supermarket
shelves, and the Department of Health and Human Services to effectively
manage Medicare and Medicaid.

Now, after all of the luxury trips, unreported income, and shadowy
right-wing dealings, Thomas changed his mind on his longstanding position.

Elected and appointed officials across the government have high standards
of ethics applied to their actions. The Supreme Court shouldn’t be an
exception.

The Supreme Court gets more shadowy by the day. Congress must take action
to implement a strict code of ethics to end the corruption and hold
justices like Clarence Thomas accountable.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Hold Thomas accountable! Pass a Supreme Court code of
ethics.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. The Lever, “Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family
Payments,” [ [link removed] ]May 9, 2023.
 2. Ibid.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Forbes, “Supreme Court Justices Reportedly Can’t Figure Out How To
Adopt Ethics Code Amid Controversies,” [ [link removed] ]February 9, 2023.

 
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