Dear MoveOn member,
 
This is Representative Ilhan Omar, and I'm writing to you about the need
to impeach U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has abused his
power and demonstrated an unremorseful lack of ethics in his behavior on
the Supreme Court.
 
[ [link removed] ]Add your name if you agree: We need to impeach Clarence Thomas and
remove him from the Supreme Court.
 
I was the first member of Congress to call for Justice Thomas's
impeachment after it became clear that he refused to recuse himself in a
case that ultimately led to the publication of texts his wife, Ginni
Thomas, sent to the White House chief of staff as part of the criminal
conspiracy to attack our government. Nearly 2200,000 fellow MoveOn members
have called for his impeachment—which has been critical in pushing more
members of Congress to take this issue seriously. Just last month, a
congressional committee considered the issue of ethics and recusal for
Supreme Court justices and passed legislation out of committee to address
that problem.^1
 
We need to keep up the pressure. This can't be business as usual. Justice
Thomas has a history of outrageous, abusive, and immoral actions—and now
that it's clear he was willing to use his power to attempt to conceal his
wife's role in the coup, he needs to go.
 
[ [link removed] ]Please add your name to this petition—and I'll work with MoveOn members
to bring your voices and passion to the Hill.
 
You can see the original petition from MoveOn on this matter below.
 
Thanks for all you do.
 
—Rep. Ilhan Omar
 
P.S. Here is MoveOn's original message on this issue from March.
 

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[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW: Clarence Thomas must resign from the Supreme Court
immediately or else be impeached.

Dear MoveOn member,

BREAKING: Newly released text messages show the extent to which Supreme
Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, actively urged the
Trump White House to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential
election—both leading up to the deadly January 6 insurrection and after.^2

In spite of his wife's active role in this attempted coup, Justice Thomas
participated in a case regarding Trump's records on January 6 and was the
sole justice in an 8-1 ruling who wanted the White House to keep records
hidden—including the texts that just came out.^3

This is a clear conflict of interest, and Thomas' refusal to recuse is the
latest in a long history of using his power to aid a right-wing agenda.^4

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to say that because of this abuse of power,
Thomas must resign—or Congress must immediately investigate and impeach
him?

Clarence Thomas must resign from the Supreme Court immediately or else be
impeached.

[5]Sign the petition

Thomas' long history and ties with Big Money right-wing organizations and
his wife's leading role in them have been well documented. And for
decades, Thomas has refused to step back from cases that involve his and
his wife's interests.^5

This latest instance is just the most egregious—as it's become clear Ginni
Thomas played a leading role in efforts to overturn the democratic
election results, urging the White House to reject them even after the
deadly insurrection. Thomas' participation in the Supreme Court case on
this matter is only the latest example of his severely compromised sense
of impartiality and morality.

Thomas never should have been confirmed for the court. Now, it is clearer
than ever that he must resign—or Congress must investigate, reveal what he
knew and when he knew it, and impeach.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Danielle, Vickie, Manny, and the rest of the team

Sources: 

1. "House Judiciary Committee Passes Supreme Court Ethics Legislation,"
House Committee on the Judiciary, May 11, 2022
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2. "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts
to overturn the 2020 election, texts show," The Washington Post, March 24,
2022
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3. "Clarence Thomas was the lone dissent in the Supreme Court's January
order rejecting Trump's bid to withhold documents from the January 6
panel," Insider, March 24, 2022
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4. "The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas," The New York Times,
February 23, 2022
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5. "Is Ginni Thomas a threat to the Supreme Court?" The New Yorker,
January 21, 2022
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