Demand Progress

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced articles of impeachment against Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.¹ They have both been embroiled in corruption scandals and had glaring conflicts of interest in the Trump immunity case — where the right-wing justices granted “absolute immunity” to American presidents.

The articles of impeachment are based on Thomas and Alito’s acceptance and failure to disclose lavish gifts and luxury travel paid for by GOP mega-donors and others with interests in pending SCOTUS cases. AOC also targeted the justices’ mysterious income, failure to recuse in cases with clear conflicts of interest, and connections of their spouses to court proceedings — like Ginni Thomas’ involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.²

Thomas and Alito’s corruption are a threat to our democracy and they must be removed from the Supreme Court.

Sign the petition: Impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito!

Upon introducing the articles of impeachment, AOC said, “Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito’s pattern of refusal to recuse from consequential matters before the court in which they hold widely documented financial and personal entanglements constitutes a grave threat to American rule of law, the integrity of our democracy, and one of the clearest cases for which the tool of impeachment was designed.”³

Congress must join AOC and act strongly and swiftly to hold Thomas and Alito accountable.

Sign the petition: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito’s raft of corruption scandals shows they shouldn’t be on the Supreme Court. It’s time to impeach Thomas and Alito!

Sources:

1. Rolling Stone, “AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Thomas and Alito,” July 10, 2024.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.