End Supreme Court corruption, pass SCOTUS term limits!
Petition to Congress:
We urge you to set Supreme Court term limits by passing the TERM Act. Regularizing Supreme Court appointments every two years will ensure a Supreme Court that is more representative of the nation, reflecting the choices of recently elected Presidents and Senators. Term limits for Supreme Court justices are an essential tool to restoring a constitutional balance to the three branches of the federal government.
Recently, the Supreme Court has made dangerous rulings on guns, LGBTQ+ rights, and worker rights. And that’s just the beginning of the problems on SCOTUS.
With rulings coming on Trump immunity and January 6 cases, both Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have clear conflicts of interest in the case. But they refuse to recuse themselves. We need serious, immediate reforms to fix the nation’s highest court. One of those is term limits to keep corrupt conservatives from serving for decades.
Sign the petition: Urge Congress to pass term limits for the Supreme Court. Get Thomas and Alito off the Court!
While we await the critical SCOTUS rulings on January 6 cases, the right-wing judges on SCOTUS overturned a ban on bump stocks (a device that helps guns fire at a more rapid pace), made it harder for workers to sue union busting corporate employers in federal court, and ruled in a way that threatens Obergefell, the case that legalized same-sex marriage.
These rulings all threaten our rights, freedoms, and safety. The rulings that could even further endanger our democracy may come in the next week or two.
Thomas shouldn’t be ruling on January 6 cases because his wife, Ginni Thomas, attended the January 6 Stop the Steal rally and pleaded with senior White House staff to help Trump overturn the election in the days leading up to the insurrection.1
Alito shouldn’t rule on January 6 cases because a Stop the Steal style flag was flying over his house in 2020. The flag flew as the Court considered whether or not to take on a critical election case in the days after the Capitol riots, just before President Biden was sworn in.2
The Supreme Court is supposed to be fair and independent, but corruption scandals from Thomas, Alito, Roberts, and the other conservatives show why we need serious reforms.
Add your name: SCOTUS term limits now!
Sources:
- The New Yorker, “Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s 'Stop the Steal' Texts,” March 25, 2022.
- The New York Times, “At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display,” May 16, 2024.