Post by tnthomas on Jul 10, 2024 19:25:24 GMT -5
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over their refusal to recuse themselves from certain cases.
"Absent resignation, they must be removed," Ocasio-Cortez said on the House floor, arguing that the two justices pose a threat to the rule of law.
"Because of Alito's and Thomas’s refusals to recuse, everyday Americans cannot, should not, and will not, believe that these justices, and consequently the court they serve, is working to uphold the Constitution and put the country ahead of their own individual self interests," she said Wednesday night.
"Reasonable Americans will and do believe that Justices Thomas and Alito are prone and subject to corruption, that the institution failing to punish them is broken, and that consequently their impeachment is a constitutional imperative and our congressional duty," Ocasio-Cortez added.
The New York congresswoman said that both justices had demonstrated a "years-long pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing their clear personal and financial involvement."
This, she said, "represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy, fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation’s highest court."
The Supreme Court did not immediately return a request for comment on the introduction of impeachment articles.
"Absent resignation, they must be removed," Ocasio-Cortez said on the House floor, arguing that the two justices pose a threat to the rule of law.
"Because of Alito's and Thomas’s refusals to recuse, everyday Americans cannot, should not, and will not, believe that these justices, and consequently the court they serve, is working to uphold the Constitution and put the country ahead of their own individual self interests," she said Wednesday night.
"Reasonable Americans will and do believe that Justices Thomas and Alito are prone and subject to corruption, that the institution failing to punish them is broken, and that consequently their impeachment is a constitutional imperative and our congressional duty," Ocasio-Cortez added.
The New York congresswoman said that both justices had demonstrated a "years-long pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing their clear personal and financial involvement."
This, she said, "represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy, fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation’s highest court."
The Supreme Court did not immediately return a request for comment on the introduction of impeachment articles.
