Hi,

The crisis of the corrupt Supreme Court has been unfolding for years. You could look back to the ruling in Citizens United that allowed unlimited spending in elections. You could look even further back to the Bush v. Gore ruling that halted the Florida recount in 2000. You could look at the right-wing decisions in recent years to destroy the Voting Rights Act and overturn Roe v. Wade, despite an overwhelming majority of Americans supporting abortion rights.

The corruption uncovered over the last 16 months has been shocking. Clarence Thomas is embroiled in tens of different ethics scandals including undisclosed trips to Russia and Indonesia paid for by GOP billionaire mega-donor Harlan Crow,1 serious conflicts of interest in cases that have benefited corporations and Trump, and a slew of mysterious connections to income, loans, and right-wing networks.

All of the other conservative justices have also been caught up in scandals that call into serious question their independence and ethical standing on the court. Yet none of them — Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Gorsuch, Barrett, nor Kavanaugh — have been held accountable. Congress must pass a binding, enforceable code of ethics to rid the Supreme Court of this corruption!

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to pass a SCOTUS ethics act NOW. Hold the right-wing justices on the Court accountable!

Two recent rulings that shocked the country have made the push for a SCOTUS ethics act even more urgent. First, the right-wing Court struck down decades of precedent in Chevron, giving corporations more power and hobbling the power of regulatory agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration. In that case, Thomas reversed his long-held position to side with Big Oil giant Chevron after his wife reportedly accepted secret payments from a shadowy conservative network.2

Days later, the same extreme justices gave American presidents “absolute immunity,” a ruling that could let Donald Trump off the hook for the series of charges against him, including those surrounding efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Thomas should’ve never ruled on the case because his wife, Ginni Thomas, was involved in January 6.3 Alito had a Stop the Steal style flag flying over his house at a time when SCOTUS was considering a case related to the election results.4

Scandal after scandal has rocked the Supreme Court. Decision after decision that has reshaped American society to be less democratic, less equal, less just. Every single right-wing justice has been implicated in at least one striking ethical violation and had a hand in anti-democratic decisions. Congress hasn’t taken the action necessary to stop corruption and preserve the fairness and independence of SCOTUS.

Add your name: Congress has sat on the sidelines long enough. Hold the right-wing justices on the Supreme Court accountable!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. ProPublica, “Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire,” April 6, 2023.
  2. The Lever, "Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments," May 9, 2023.
  3. The New Yorker, “Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s 'Stop the Steal' Texts,” March 25, 2022.
  4. New York Times, “At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display,” May 16, 2024.

 

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