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For years, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have been taking millions of
dollars in undisclosed gifts from billionaires with business before the
Supreme Court in clear violation of federal law.
They refused to recuse themselves from cases when they had clear conflicts
of interest, including the cases involving the January 6 insurrection and
criminal immunity for Donald Trump.^1
But finally, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking action to hold them
accountable.
AOC just filed articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito —
and now we need to have her back.^2 We've mobilized tens of thousands of
people to urge Congress to hold a vote on AOC's articles of impeachment,
and now we must turn up the heat.
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A recent compilation of all the reported handouts to Clarence Thomas shows
that he has received at least $4 million in gifts during his time on the
nation's most powerful court, including:
* 26 private jet flights and 8 private helicopter rides to vacation
destinations around the world;
* A $270,000 ultra-luxury RV known as the "Rolls Royce of motor
coaches," paid for with a loan from a health insurance executive that
was later forgiven;
* Free access to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic
coast;
* A dozen VIP passes to professional and college sporting events;
* At least 38 destination vacations, including cruises on a massive
superyacht;
* Two stays at luxury resorts in Florida and Jamaica;
* $133,363 for the sale of Thomas's mother's house (substantially above
market value), where she still lives rent-free;
* $80,000 paid directly to Thomas's wife, Ginni, from super-lobbyist
Leonard Leo; and
* Private school tuition for the grandnephew he was "raising as a
son."^3,4,5
Justice Alito's list of scandals isn't quite as long, but the corruption
is equally as shameless.
For instance, in 2008, he took a luxury vacation to Alaska worth over
$100,000, paid for by Republican megadonor Paul Singer — and then refused
to recuse himself in at least 10 cases in which Singer came before the
court, including one that netted Singer $2.4 billion.^6
Later it was revealed that Alito personally owned stock in 17 companies
that stood to gain almost $30 billion in tax refunds under a case decided
last term by the Supreme Court, and he absolutely refused to recuse
himself.^7
And perhaps most dangerously, both Thomas and Alito refused to recuse
themselves from cases stemming from the effort to overturn the 2020
election, despite the fact that Justice Thomas's wife, Ginni, personally
attended the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally and participated in the
scheme to overturn the election, and Justice Alito indicated support for
the attack by flying pro-insurrection flags over his homes.^8
Demand Progress Action has worked for years to restrain the radical
right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court, and now we're pushing to support
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's effort to finally get Clarence Thomas and
Samuel Alito off the Court.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate $10 to Demand Progress Action to help
support our work, including reining in the radical right-wing Supreme
Court, which has put our democracy at risk?
With gratitude,
The team at Demand Progress Action
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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "Justices Thomas and Alito Ignored Calls for
Recusal in Jan. 6 Case," [ [link removed] ]June 28, 2024.
2. Rolling Stone, "AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Thomas and
Alito," [ [link removed] ]July 10, 2024.
3. Fix the Court, "A Staggering Tally: Supreme Court Justices Accepted
Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars," [ [link removed] ]June 6, 2024.
4. ProPublica, "Friends of the Court," [ [link removed] ]accessed July 10, 2024.
5. Rolling Stone, "Clarence Thomas, a $267,000 RV, and Why American Health
Care Sucks," [ [link removed] ]July 13, 2024.
6. ProPublica, "Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP
Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court," [ [link removed] ]June 20, 2023.
7. The Lever, "Justices Have Financial Interest In Major Tax Case,"
[ [link removed] ]September 27, 2023.
8. The New York Times, "Justices Thomas and Alito Ignored Calls for
Recusal in Jan. 6 Case," [ [link removed] ]June 28, 2024.
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