Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife advocated for the overthrow of the government.

Ginni Thomas maintained text communications with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about the need to overturn the election, sending him conspiracy theory videos and texts like, “Do not concede. It takes time for the army who is gathering for [Trump’s] back.”

Meanwhile, Justice Thomas continues to rule on SCOTUS cases that directly impact the insurrection aftermath, including Donald Trump’s attempt to block the Jan. 6 select committee from getting White House documents. In fact, Thomas was the only Justice to dissent on that case.

This is hardly the first time Clarence Thomas failed to recuse himself when he faced obvious conflicts of interest. In 2000, he joined the majority in Bush v. Gore, handing the presidency to George W. Bush while his wife was actively aiding Bush’s transition team. In 2012, he participated in the first challenge to the Affordable Care Act even though his wife was being paid to lobby against it and to seek its repeal. And in 2017, he ruled to uphold Trump’s cruel Muslim ban while Ginni Thomas received funding from one of the organizations that urged the Court to uphold it.

We cannot allow conflicts of interest to undermine constitutional rulings. This is why every federal judge in this country–except the nine justices of the Supreme Court–are bound by a code of ethics that would prevent such blatant conflicts of interest.

Justices’ failure to avoid conflicts of interest––and the appearance of conflicts of interest––further undermines public trust in the Court at a time when its legitimacy is already a matter of significant public debate.

Clarence Thomas must be held to account for flouting the ethical rules that apply to every other judge in the country. We are calling on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to conduct an investigation into Thomas’s ethical misconduct, and also to follow up with legislation to enforce a binding code of ethics on the justices of our Supreme Court.

Sign the petition: Tell House and Senate Democrats: Investigate Clarence Thomas’s conflicts of interest.