A petition seeking the impeachment of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has now reached more than 1.2 million signatures despite an apparent slowdown in new supporters.
The petition, organized by the public policy advocacy group MoveOn, is currently aiming for 1.3 million signatures and calls for Thomas to either resign or face impeachment, which is possible under the U.S. Constitution.
Momentum appears to have slowed in recent weeks following a surge in support after the Court’s landmark abortion decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Thomas joined the Court’s majority opinion, authored by Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and also wrote his own concurring opinion, which also caused controversy.
Though the petition was set up before the June 24 majority opinion that overturned landmark abortion rights decisions in 1973’s Roe v. Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey, it has received significant support since the ruling was published.
On June 16, the petition to impeach Justice Thomas had 230,000 signatures. That figure jumped to 700,000 by June 27 – three days after the opinion in Dobbs – and then hit one million signatures by July 4.
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