Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Just in via press release:
Today, July 10, 2024, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced articles of impeachment against United States Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
“The unchecked corruption crisis on the Supreme Court has now spiraled into a Constitutional crisis threatening American democracy writ large.
“Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito’s pattern of refusal to recuse from consequential matters before the court in which they hold widely documented financial and personal entanglements constitutes a grave threat to American rule of law, the integrity of our democracy, and one of the clearest cases for which the tool of impeachment was designed.
“The Constitution of the United States explicitly outlines a higher standard of conduct for the judiciary to meet, far surpassing its existing bars on treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors for all civil officers: the standard of Good Behavior.
“Judicial ethics and rules, to which even the lowest level judges are held, make those standards clear. The lifetime appointments of Supreme Court justices make enforcement of these standards a solemn responsibility for the protection of our democracy,” said the Congresswoman.
The first impeachment resolution includes the following impeachment articles against Justice Thomas:
– Failure to disclose financial income, gifts and reimbursements, property interests, liabilities, and transactions, among other information.
– Refusal to recuse from matters concerning his spouse’s legal interest in cases before the court.
– Refusal to recuse from matters involving his spouse’s financial interest in cases before the court.
The second impeachment resolution includes the following impeachment articles against Justice Alito:
– Refusal to recuse from cases in which he had a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party in cases before the court.
– Failure to disclose financial income, gifts and reimbursements, property interests, liabilities, and transactions, among other information.
The Congresswoman maintains that such conduct—while under a Judicial Oath to “faithfully and impartially discharge and perform” duties and a Constitutional Oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic”—warrants impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification from holding future office in the United States of America.
Read the full press release.
Inbox: AOC has unveiled her articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito for refusing to recuse from certain cases.
Co-sponsors: Lee (Calif.), Tlaib, Watson Coleman, Ramirez (Ill.), Frost, Omar and Bowman. pic.twitter.com/KaU5ivqndZ
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 10, 2024