Ginni Thomas urged the Trump White House to plot a coup, and Clarence Thomas may have used his position on the Supreme Court to try and hide that information from investigators.
Reports have revealed that Ginni Thomas was regularly texting Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, encouraging him to help overturn the 2020 Presidential Election in the months leading up to the deadly insurrection on January 6, 2021.
Supreme Court justices are bound by 28 U.S.C. § 455 – a federal statute that bars them from hearing cases in which their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned,” or in which their spouse has “an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.” In spite of this, Clarence Thomas not only refused to recuse himself from cases related to these matters — he was the only justice who argued in favor of allowing Trump White House documents to be withheld from the House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection.
This is why we have organized with our friends from Indivisible, Stand Up America, DailyKos, Center for Popular Democracy, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, MoveOn Civic Action, and a number of other organizations in the progressive movement to send a letter to key Congressional leaders to take steps to hold him accountable. And, we need your help to turn up the pressure.
Will you sign on to our letter urging the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to open a formal investigation into Clarence Thomas’ misconduct in his handling of cases regarding the Jan. 6 insurrection, the 2020 presidential election, and other cases involving his wife’s political activities?
This is not just about Ginni Thomas’ activities (as alarming as they may be), this is about Clarence Thomas’ refusal to recuse himself from cases with obvious and severe conflicts of interest.
It is clear that Clarence Thomas cannot act impartially on matters related to his wife, and at a time when public trust in the Supreme Court is at an historic low, allowing Thomas to avoid scrutiny will only cause faith in our judicial system to deteriorate further.
We deserve to know that the Supreme Court isn’t swayed by undue influence — and it is the duty of Congress, as a co-equal branch of government, to ensure that this standard is met.
Sign our letter to Congress demanding an investigation into Clarence Thomas.
Thanks for your continued support in this fight,
Sarah Lipton-Lubet
Executive Director, Take Back the Court Action Fund
