Clarence Thomas (petition)

Justice Thomas has a severely compromised sense of impartiality and morality, and must be removed from the court.

Dear Andra,

Just wanted to make sure you saw the petition to impeach Justice Clarence Thomas. The news about his inappropriate conflicts of interest has only intensified over the weekend, with more and more leaders and organizations joining the demand to remove him from the Supreme Court.¹ Will you add your name along with nearly 100,000 fellow MoveOn members calling upon Justice Thomas to resign or else be investigated, impeached, and removed?

Below, please read the email MoveOn sent about this issue on Friday.

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Mana, Amy, Michael, and the rest of the team

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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. "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Faces Calls For Hearings, Recusal, Resignation For Wife's Texts About 2020 Election," Forbes, March 25, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/161390?t=12&akid=319877%2E53570607%2E_KMoYw

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=14&akid=319877%2E53570607%2E_KMoYw

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=16&akid=319877%2E53570607%2E_KMoYw

4. "The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas," The New York Times, February 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/161384?t=18&akid=319877%2E53570607%2E_KMoYw

5. "Is Ginni Thomas a threat to the Supreme Court?" The New Yorker, January 21, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/161385?t=20&akid=319877%2E53570607%2E_KMoYw

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