Demand Progress

With major voting rights, same-sex marriage, and Trump cases facing the Supreme Court this session, Clarence Thomas says he’s unafraid to continue tearing down the legal precedents that protect democracy and our civil liberties.

Thomas said recently that settled legal precedents are not "gospel," and could just be "something somebody dreamt up and others went along with."¹ These are dangerous statements from one of the justices who could side with ending same-sex marriage, rolling back voting rights, and empowering Trump’s law-breaking.

Thomas and Samuel Alito have been embroiled in ethics and financial scandals for years as they ruled in favor of the right-wing agenda. That’s why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced articles of impeachment against them last year.² Congress must act now before SCOTUS hands Trump complete control and strips away our rights.

Sign the petition: Impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito!

Thomas and Alito sacrificed their independence on the Supreme Court when they accepted millions in lavish gifts from corporate executives and GOP mega-donors. They’ve failed to recuse themselves from cases where they had a clear conflict of interest, including the Trump immunity case.

Upon introducing articles of impeachment against Thomas and Alito last year, 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

The Supreme Court with Thomas and Alito is an existential threat to the rule of law, ready to back Trump, throw away ethics standards, and destroy civil liberties that protect people from the federal government’s overreach.

Add your name: Urge your U.S. Representative to impeach Thomas and Alito!

Sources:

1. The Guardian, "Clarence Thomas says precedent might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket,” September 28, 2025.
2. Rolling Stone, "AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Thomas and Alito,” July 10, 2024.
3. Ibid.