Hi,
For years, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have accepted millions of
dollars in undisclosed gifts from billionaires while refusing to recuse
themselves from cases where they had clear conflicts of interest.^1
But now Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is stepping up to hold them accountable,
filing articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito.^2
With the House of Representatives back in session this week, we’re
demanding Congress vote on AOC’s articles of impeachment without delay.
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Clarence Thomas has taken at least $4 million in gifts from right-wing
billionaire Harlan Crow, including dozens of private jet flights,
super-yacht trips, and helicopter rides to vacation destinations around
the world.^3 In addition, Crow paid the private school tuition for
Thomas’s grandnephew and owns the house where Thomas’s mother lives
rent-free.^4
Meanwhile, Samuel Alito was caught taking 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.^5
Those are just two examples on the seemingly endless list of corruption
scandals that have embroiled Thomas and Alito. It’s clear that the
right-wing billionaires are getting their money’s worth with these two.
Thomas and Alito have led a radical right-wing revolution at the Supreme
Court, overturning decades of precedent to ban abortion, gut the Voting
Rights Act, toss out state and local gun safety laws, insulate Donald
Trump from criminal prosecution, open the floodgates to unlimited
corporate spending in elections, cripple federal agencies in charge of
protecting the environment, consumers, and public health… and much, much
more.
But now, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading the charge to impeach
Justices Thomas and Alito, we have a chance to put an end to their
corruption.
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 impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel
Alito.
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support our work, including reining in the radical right-wing Supreme
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With gratitude,
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Sources:
1. Fix the Court, "A Staggering Tally: Supreme Court Justices Accepted
Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars," [ [link removed] ]June 6, 2024.
2. Rolling Stone, "AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Thomas and
Alito," [ [link removed] ]July 10, 2024.
3. ProPublica, "Friends of the Court," [ [link removed] ]accessed September 6, 2024.
4. ProPublica, "Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP
Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court," [ [link removed] ]June 20, 2023.
5. ProPublica, " Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan
Crow Paid the Tuition.," [ [link removed] ]May 4, 2023.
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