I called for his impeachment because Justice Thomas has a severely compromised sense of impartiality and morality, and must be removed from the court.

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
 

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

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.

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.

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
https://act.moveon.org/go/162985?t=13&akid=325229%2E40999114%2E1YmjrK

2. "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show," The Washington Post, March 24, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/161382?t=15&akid=325229%2E40999114%2E1YmjrK

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
https://act.moveon.org/go/161383?t=17&akid=325229%2E40999114%2E1YmjrK

4. "The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas," The New York Times, February 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/161384?t=19&akid=325229%2E40999114%2E1YmjrK

5. "Is Ginni Thomas a threat to the Supreme Court?" The New Yorker, January 21, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/161385?t=21&akid=325229%2E40999114%2E1YmjrK

 

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