Comment on Rep. AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson / Bloomberg, Time
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 7:15pm

Rep. AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for what she said was their failure to report gifts and refusal to recuse from cases in which they were conflicted. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Given the Supreme Court’s refusal to deal with the issue itself, “Congress has a legal, moral, and democratic obligation to impeach,” the New York Democrat said in a press release on Wednesday. Progressives and others have criticized both justices over reports they accepted vacations from wealthy people and failed to recuse from cases despite conflicts they said were created by their spouses. Read More: The Most Interesting Revelations in the Supreme Court Justices’ Financial Disclosures The success of either resolution against arguably the court’s two most conservative justices is unlikely given Republican control of the House. Conservatives have decried Supreme Court ethics concerns as a political ploy by the left to undo the 6-3 conservative majority that has overturned the constitutional right to abortion, undermined affirmative action and voting rights, strengthened gun rights, and weakened the power of federal regulatory agencies. Mark Paoletta, a conservative lawyer and vocal Thomas defender, called the effort on X “Democratic lawfare against their adversaries.” The Supreme Court didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Samuel Chase was the lone justice to be impeached by the House, in 1804.

 

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