TELL CONGRESS: Trump is using Clarence Thomas’s words in the “absolute immunity” case to try to get his 2020 election interference case dismissed. Congress has the power to outright invalidate the extreme SCOTUS decision. Sign the petition: Pass the No Kings Act to undo the Supreme Court’s “absolute immunity” ruling — no one in America is above the law!

Hi,

Since the extreme Supreme Court ruling giving Trump and other American presidents “absolute immunity,” Trump got his classified documents case dismissed. Now, he’s invoking Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in the case to try to get out of the 2020 election interference charges against him.1

Trump’s efforts to escape accountability rely on Clarence Thomas and other far-right justices involved in corruption scandals. Both Thomas and Samuel Alito have connections to the “Stop the Steal” movement.

To make sure Trump is held accountable, Democrats put forward legislation called the No Kings Act to invalidate the “absolute immunity” ruling. The bill would assert that, despite the right-wing majority opinion on SCOTUS, presidents do NOT have immunity for criminal actions.2

Sign the petition: Pass the No Kings Act to undo the Supreme Court’s “absolute immunity” ruling — no one in America is above the law!

Just a few weeks ago, newly disclosed evidence revealed Trump’s statements in the aftermath of the 2020 election, like, “It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell.”3

Clarence Thomas’s wife, Ginni Thomas, was personally involved in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election and attended the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally at the White House.4 Now, Trump hopes Thomas’s SCOTUS concurrence will help him get his January 6 charges thrown out.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said recently, “The Founders were explicit – no man in America shall be a king. Yet, in their disastrous decision, the Supreme Court threw out centuries of precedent and anointed Trump and subsequent presidents as kings above the law.”5 And that’s exactly why Leader Schumer introduced the No Kings Act — to override this dangerous SCOTUS ruling and protect American democracy.

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to overturn the disastrous right-wing SCOTUS decision to give American presidents absolute immunity by passing Senator Schumer’s No Kings Act.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. MSNBC, “Trump cites Clarence Thomas’ immunity concurrence in bid to dismiss his D.C. prosecution,” October 25, 2024.
  2. PBS, “Schumer introduces ‘No Kings Act’ in response to Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling,” August 1, 2024.
  3. New York Times, “Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump,” October 2, 2024.
  4. PBS, “Ginni Thomas’ emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election,” May 20, 2024.
  5. Office of Senate Democrats, “Following Historic & Dangerous Trump Immunity Ruling, Leader Schumer Led 34 Democratic Senators In Launching “No Kings Act” To Crack Down On Dangerous Precedent – To Eliminate Immunity For Presidents’ & VPs’ Crimes And Tap Into Congress’ Constitutional Authority To Restrict Judiciary Overreach,” August 1, 2024.

 

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