Our massive efforts to remove Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is corrupt. Explosive new reports released this week by ProPublica reveal that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas illegally accepted millions of dollars in luxury vacations and gifts over the course of more than 20 years—bankrolled by GOP billionaire and megadonor Harlan Crow. Dear MoveOn member, Clarence Thomas is corrupt. Explosive new reports released this week by ProPublica reveal that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas illegally accepted millions of dollars in luxury vacations and gifts over the course of more than 20 years—bankrolled by GOP billionaire and megadonor Harlan Crow.1 "The extent and frequency of Crow's apparent gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the U.S. Supreme Court," notes the bombshell report.2 The lavish, undisclosed, and virtually yearly trips include a nine-day vacation to Indonesia in 2019 aboard Crow's private jet and superyacht, which would have cost Thomas upward of $500,000 had he footed the bill.3 According to interviews conducted by and records reviewed by ProPublica, Thomas also visited Crow's invite-only, remote resort in upstate New York, Camp Topridge, every summer for decades, secretly hobnobbing with the likes of corporate executives, major Republican donors, and leaders of right-wing think tanks.4 To top it off, inside the exclusive resort hangs a Crow-commissioned painting of Thomas smoking a cigar and cozying up with none other than Leonard Leo.5 That's right, the far-right power broker and architect of the right-wing plot to take over the Supreme Court.6 Make no mistake: This is corruption of the judiciary at the deepest level—and every day that Thomas remains on the Supreme Court is a day that the court loses even more credibility. That's why MoveOn is ramping up our campaign to remove Clarence Thomas by demanding his immediate resignation or impeachment from the Supreme Court, and we need your help to ensure we have the resources to hold Thomas accountable. [{NAME}, will you help power the urgent work to remove Clarence Thomas from the Supreme Court by making a $3 gift?]( These revelations add a new level of corruption to Thomas's profile of egregious and unethical behavior unbecoming of a Supreme Court justice, which includes sexual harassment, inappropriate payments, and abuse of power. He sexually harassed Anita Hill—and then lied about it under oath.7 His family accepted $200,000 from a group with an active amicus brief before the Supreme Court.8 He has refused to recuse himself from cases before the Supreme Court in which he has a conflict of interest. He cast the lone dissenting vote in the Supreme Court decision requiring Trump to release records regarding the white supremacist insurrection on January 6, when his wife—far-right activist and election denier Ginni Thomas—was actively urging the Trump White House to overturn election results both leading up to January 6 and after the deadly insurrection.9 Clarence Thomas has shown us time and time again that he's wholly unfit to serve. Leaving Thomas in his position has allowed him to champion right-wing extremism—writing decisions undermining gun safety laws, joining the majority in gutting efforts to combat climate change, and fulfilling his extremist vision of overturning Roe and taking away the right to self-determination. And he's not done. Thomas has set his eyes on overturning high court rulings establishing contraception rights and protecting same-sex marriage.10 But it is not only that Thomas hurts the most vulnerable; it is also that he destroys the basic integrity of the court and threatens our democracy. That's why MoveOn launched a campaign to impeach Thomas in 2021, including running a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal last year and garnering 1.2 million signatures on our petition calling for his impeachment. Now we want to double down on our efforts by investing in more tactics and increasing pressure on Congress to remove Thomas from the bench. But as a grassroots-powered organization, we can do it only with your support. [Can you make a gift of $3 to expand our urgent campaign to remove Thomas?]( Together, we can keep up the pressure to finally hold Clarence Thomas accountable. Thanks for all you do. –Justin, Elsie, Seth, Anne, and the rest of the team Sources: 1. "Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire," ProPublica, April 6, 2023 [ 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid. 6. "Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination," ProPublica, December 14, 2022 [ 7. "Anita Hill's Testimony and Other Key Moments From the Clarence Thomas Hearings," The New York Times, September 20, 2018 [ 8. "Ginni Thomas's activism sparks ethics questions for Supreme Court justice," The Hill, March 19, 2022 [ 9. "Legal ethics experts agree: Justice Thomas must recuse in insurrection cases," NPR, March 30, 2022 [ 10. "Clarence Thomas wants SCOTUS to reconsider decisions on gay marriage, contraceptives," Axios, June 24, 2022 [ Want to support MoveOn's work? Since the Trump-packed Supreme Court overturned Roe, abortions are out of reach for millions of women, girls, and trans and nonbinary people, particularly those who were already marginalized. 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