The articles offered to the Home Judiciary Committee argue that the Supreme Courtroom justices’ acceptance of lavish items and clear conflicts of curiosity represent “excessive Crimes and Misdemeanors” underneath Article II of the Structure.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2024) – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) launched articles of impeachment within the US Home of Representatives in the present day towards Supreme Courtroom Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for abusing their powers to guard and advance their very own private and familial pursuits. Ocasio-Cortez cites Article II of the U.S. Structure, arguing that Thomas and Alito’s actions represent “excessive Crimes and Misdemeanors” taken on the expense of the American individuals and the judiciary itself.
An April 2023 report from ProPublica discovered that Justice Thomas has accepted and didn’t disclose a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} in items and different monetary advantages from Harlan Crow, a Republican billionaire and activist whose organizations commonly file briefs within the Supreme Courtroom advocating positions that Thomas reliably adopts.
Thomas additionally didn’t recuse himself in circumstances relating to makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. His spouse, Ginni Thomas, has had a major curiosity within the consequence of those challenges. Ginni Thomas was intimately concerned within the Cease the Steal motion, sending quite a few textual content messages to former Trump Chief of Employees Mark Meadows in an try and disregard the outcomes of the November 2020 presidential election and hold Trump in energy.
Justice Alito displayed an upside-down American flag, an emblem of the January sixth rebel and the “Cease the Steal” motion, outdoors his house after the 2020 election. One other Alito property flew an “Attraction to Heaven” flag, an emblem of Christian nationalism, in 2023. Alito has additionally accepted and didn’t disclose items from conservative benefactors.
Neither Justice Thomas nor Justice Alito recused themselves from circumstances earlier than the Courtroom associated to the 2020 presidential election and to the January sixth rebel, together with the current unprecedented ruling in Trump v. U.S. that gave the previous president partial immunity for crimes he dedicated whereas serving within the Oval Workplace.
“The Framers of our Structure referred to as on Congress particularly to carry judicial officers, together with Supreme Courtroom justices, accountable for top crimes and misdemeanors that compromise the integrity of the Courtroom,” stated Courtney Hostetler, Authorized Director at Free Speech For Folks. “We’re proud to have labored with Consultant Ocasio-Cortez’s workplace to assist draft these articles and additional the method of restoring the Supreme Courtroom to a nonpartisan department of the federal authorities.”
Learn Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s press launch right here.
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