More than 800,000 people have signed a petition calling for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached over his vote to strike down Roe v. Wade and his wife’s involvement in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Liberal advocacy group ‘MoveOn’ created the petition after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week. The group noted that Thomas was one of the justices who ruled that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion and suggested that rulings that establish the right to contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage are also on the chopping block.
“And if that’s not enough: Recently, Justice Clarence Thomas voted against a Supreme Court decision to compel the release of Donald Trump’s records regarding the January 6 insurrection and attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election,” the petition reads. “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 committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that shows her urging him to fight to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Ginni Thomas also emailed 29 lawmakers in Arizona encouraging them to “stand strong in the face of political and media pressure,” arguing they have the power to choose Arizona’s electors who vote in the Electoral College for president.
“Thomas’ failure to recuse himself warrants immediate investigation and heightened alarm. And it’s only the latest in a long history of conflicts of interest in the service of a right-wing agenda and mixing his powerful role with his conservative political activism,” the petition reads. “He 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.”
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