---
title: "Ocasio-Cortez Moves to Impeach Justices Thomas, Alito Over Gifts"
description: "US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for what she said was their failure to report gifts and refusal to recuse from cases in which they were conflicted."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Newsdeck"
author: "Bloomberg"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/bloomberg/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-10-ocasio-cortez-moves-to-impeach-justices-thomas-alito-over-gifts/"
published: "2024-07-10T21:11:14"
updated: "2024-07-11T05:13:32"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 112
---

# Ocasio-Cortez Moves to Impeach Justices Thomas, Alito Over Gifts

> US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for what she said was their failure to report gifts and refusal to recuse from cases in which they were conflicted.

By Bloomberg · Published 10 July 2024, 23:11 SAST · Updated 11 July 2024, 07:13 SAST

## Content

Progressives and others have criticised both justices over reports they accepted vacations from wealthy people and failed to recuse from cases despite conflicts they said were created by their spouses.

Given the Supreme Court’s refusal to deal with the issue itself, “Congress has a legal, moral, and democratic obligation to impeach,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a press release on Wednesday.

Samuel Chase was the lone justice to be impeached by the House, in 1804. He was acquitted by the Senate.

The success of either resolution is unlikely given Republican control of the House.

Conservatives have decried Supreme Court ethics concerns as a political ploy by the left to undo the 6-3 conservative majority.