Hi,
The fringe idea that states can overturn election results and ignore the
will of the people will come before the Supreme Court this fall.^1 Justice
Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from that case.
His wife, the far-right activist Ginni Thomas, fought to get fair 2020
election results thrown out in Trump’s favor and used this far-right
theory to defend her actions. There’s no way Justice Thomas can rule
fairly on this case, or any other cases pertaining to Trump’s efforts to
overturn the 2020 election.
The whole situation makes clear: Congress must pass legislation forcing
the Supreme Court to act ethically.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Pass the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act,
legislation creating a Code of Ethics for Supreme Court justices and their
spouses!
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Justice Thomas has previously failed to recuse himself from cases
pertaining to the 2020 election. In January 2021, Clarence Thomas was the
only justice who sided with Trump in a case determining whether the
January 6th Committee could access Trump White House records.^2
Just two months later, we learned the extent of his wife’s involvement in
the Trump coup attempt. Ginni Thomas texted with Trump’s former Chief of
Staff Mark Meadows about the insurrection and pressured lawmakers at the
state and federal levels to throw out the fairly-determined election
results.^2
In response, Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced the
Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act. The legislation addresses SCOTS
conflicts of interest by banning Members of the court from trading
individual stocks, requiring the court to adopt a Code of Ethics,
overhauling the recusal process, and more.^3
They called for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself — but without a
code of conduct, he could simply ignore their demands.^4
Clarence Thomas’s shameless dissent in Trump’s favor shows there’s no way
he could rule fairly on the independent state legislature theory. We need
a SCOTUS Code of Ethics — now!
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Pass the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act,
legislation creating a Code of Ethics for Supreme Court justices and their
spouses!
Thanks for taking action,
Izzi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. SCOTUS Blog, “Moore v. Harper,” [ [link removed] ]September 21, 2022.
2. Washington Post, “Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue
unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show,”
[ [link removed] ]March 24, 2022.
3. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, “Jayapal, Warren, Colleagues Introduce Bill to
Reform Broken Judicial Ethics System,” [ [link removed] ]May 10, 2022.
4. Washington Post, “With Supreme Court in spotlight, Warren and Jayapal
push judicial ethics overhaul,” [ [link removed] ]May 10, 2022.
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