Petition Demanding Clarence Thomas Impeachment Reaches 1.2 Million

U.S. Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar joined progressive groups outside the Supreme Court on Thursday to deliver over 1.2 million petition signatures demanding the impeachment of Justice Clarence Thomas.

Thomas was the only justice who opposed the court’s decision to compel the release of former President Donald Trump’s records regarding his attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election, and “it has become clear that his wife—longtime conservative activist Ginni Thomas—was actively urging the White House to overturn election results both leading up to January 6 and after the deadly insurrection,” the petition states.

The petition concludes that Thomas “has shown he cannot be an impartial justice and is more concerned with covering up his wife’s coup attempts than the health of the Supreme Court. He must resign—or Congress must immediately investigate and impeach.”

“Clarence Thomas is a corrupt jurist and should have no place on our highest court,” said Omar. “Our failure to hold him accountable will further delegitimize the court, and will embolden other justices to act in lockstep with his actions.”

Citing the right-wing majority’s recent decisions on not only abortion but also Miranda rights, regulation of fossil fuel companies, and state-level gun laws, Bowman declared that the high court “has lost its legitimacy.”

“You cannot have a democracy without accountability, and we cannot uphold the ideals of our Constitution without freedom, justice, equality, and opportunity for everyone,” Bowman said, sharing that his constituents tell him “they have lost faith in all of our institutions,” including the Supreme Court.

“I cannot believe that we have a sitting member of the Supreme Court whose wife was directly involved not only in the insurrection but trying to overturn the election results right after Donald Trump lost the election,” he said.

Originally published at Commondreams.org.