Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over alleged ethics violations and political bias. "The unchecked corruption crisis on the Supreme Court has now spiraled into a Constitutional crisis threatening American democracy writ large," Ocasio-Cortez said. Her move pitted the celebrity progressive against the high court's most conservative − and controversial − justices and the House's Republican majority. The move, an expression of liberal frustration with ethical and ideological issues on the court, has no chance of success, reports USA Today.
“Justice Thomas and Alito’s repeated failure over decades to disclose that they received millions of dollars in gifts from individuals with business before the court is explicitly against the law," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And their refusal to recuse from the specific matters and cases before the court in which their benefactors and spouses are implicated represents nothing less than a constitutional crisis." Thomas failed to disclose millions of dollars in luxury travel and other gifts from billionaire friends. The impeachment articles focus on missing financial disclosures along with Thomas and Alito's refusal to recuse themselves from multiple high-profile cases. Democrats accuse both justices of being biased in favor of former President Trump in cases related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Ron Wyden (OR) have asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate Thomas over for potential federal tax or ethics law violations.