AOC files articles of impeachment against conservative Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over 'corruption'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put forth articles of impeachment for conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Wednesday. 

The impeachment resolutions for both justices cite 'failure to disclose financial income, gifts and reimbursements, property interests, liabilities, and transactions, among other information.'

The resolution for Thomas also refers to his 'refusal to recuse from matters' involving his wife's legal and financial interests.

The one for Alito cites 'refusal to recuse from cases in which he had a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party in cases before the court.' 

The resolutions come amid a shattering of Democratic unity as the knives come out for President Biden after the train wreck debate last month where he curiously mentioned, 'we finally beat Medicare.' 

Ocasio-Cortez has planted herself firmly behind Biden as the nominee, while other Democrats from more vulnerable districts have called on him to step aside.  

'The unchecked corruption crisis on the Supreme Court has now spiraled into a constitutional crisis threatening American democracy writ large.'  

The Alito charge relates to a pair of flags the justice had hanging outside of his home: an upside-down American flag and an 'Appeal to Heaven' flag. Alito has said it was his wife's decision to fly the flags, which have been carried by those who do not believe Joe Biden won the 2020 election, outside their home. 

'As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused,' he said. 

Alito did not recuse himself from two Trump-related cases that were pending before the court at the time of the flag reporting. 

The second Alito charge relates to his relationship with billionaire Paul Singer, who paid for Alito to go on a luxury fishing trip to Alaska, according to a ProPublica report. He did not report the trip on his annual disclosure. 

Alito did not recuse himself from cases involving the billionaire's companies on multiple occasions when they later came before the court.

The Thomas disclosure charge stems from his now-widely reported relationship with billionaire Harlan Crow. Thomas accepted lavish gifts - a trip to Bali, a tuition bill for one of his relatives, other private jet and yacht trips. 

ProPublica blew the lid off Thomas' undisclosed trips. 

The resolutions were co-sponsored by a number of House progressives: 'Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rashida Talib, D-Mich., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.'