Clarence Thomas targeted by liberal groups with massive new ad campaign
Rachel Schilke
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Two liberal advocacy groups are launching a six-figure advertising campaign against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Alliance for Justice and Alliance for Justice Action Campaign launched the ad campaign on Tuesday and will appear online in major national outlets in the wake of reports of undisclosed gifts received by Thomas and his family.
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The ad, titled “Justice Thomas thinks the rules don’t apply to him. He must resign,” claims Thomas accepted travels to luxury vacations and “unfair” real estate deals from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow while he was “striking down abortion rights, voting rights, and sensible gun laws.”
“That’s not just unethical — it’s illegal. Justice Thomas, if you want to make the rules, you don’t get to break them. It’s time to resign,” the ad’s voice-over says.
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Crow has defended his relationship with Thomas, arguing they have been “dear friends for almost 30 years” and that he never discussed matters that “relate to the judiciary.”
“From my point of view, that is off limits. He and I don’t go there,” he said, adding that it would be “absurd” to talk about Supreme Court cases “because that’s not my world.”
The new ad campaign stems from reports from ProPublica that have led to calls from both sides of the aisle for there to be changes to the high court’s ethics standards, with some going so far as to call for Thomas’s impeachment.
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Democrats have scrutinized the relationship between the two men as a possible influence on court decisions following a tilt toward conservative rulings in recent years on cases such as Roe v. Wade and gun control laws in various states.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has started poking into Thomas and Crow’s friendship, asking the billionaire to provide itemized lists of donations and gifts provided to the justice over the years — something Crow declined to provide.