Congressional Action Against Clarence Thomas - Supreme Court Shaken

Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America and the Democrats are not

done. They are not done going after this conservative Supreme Court. Before we get started, please make sure you like, comment, share and subscribe. Those little things

really help us out and they help our channel continue to grow. Now we're used to the anti-Trumpers

the Democrats going after this conservative Supreme Court. They went after Amy Coney Barrett

They went after Justice Kavanaugh, Justice Barrett, Justice Thomas heavily and now Justice

Alito. This is a non-stop assault on conservative justices, the kind you don't see from conservatives

against Democrat justices. They talk about respecting institutions and then they don't

But this one's interesting because this is a former attorney for former President Donald

Trump, Tim Parlatore, who says he believes Congress needs to take action against Clarence

Thomas. Now there is only one action Congress can take against a Supreme Court justice and the

reason he wants action taken is because the Supreme Court had to do their financial disclosures

All the justices got money but Clarence Thomas got the most in gifts and financial, you know

whatever's from people, from supporters and this is a big issue for them. Now I'm not saying it

shouldn't be an issue but it's suddenly an issue now. I love Clarence Thomas. Got his autograph

hanging on my wall. Maybe the biggest Clarence Thomas fan you ever met. Love Justice Thomas

So I understand there is concern here but there's only one action Congress can actually take

There's only one action enshrined to them in the Constitution otherwise the Supreme Court

is untouchable. Now that action is impeachment. It's the only thing. So when he says congressional

action make no mistake about what he's asking for. He's asking for Thomas to be impeached

They have attacked the only black conservative male on that court non-stop since he was put on

the court and they're still not stopping because Clarence Thomas is a shining beacon that anybody

can be a conservative if they have common sense. I want you to watch this video and let me know

what you think in the comments. Six figure book deal payments and a Beyonce ticket or two but

really all eyes are on Justice Clarence Thomas. He amended his disclosure form from 2019 with two new

additions that say that he says were quote inadvertently admitted at the time of the filing

Now we should note they were only brought to light publicly because of a ProPublica investigation

The first was a trip to Bali that was paid for by a GOP mega donor Harlan Crow and his wife

Thomas also then disclosed a trip paid for by the Crows to a private club in Montereo, California

that same month. He did not place a value on either trip in the disclosure form because it's

not required but the watchdog group Fix the Court said that over the last 20 years when it comes to

both the disclosed and undisclosed gifts Clarence Thomas is really in a league of his own. Thomas

has reportedly received 103 gifts amounting to 2.4 million dollars in value and it's not even close

Next in line is Justice Antonin Scalia and he still accepted 2.2 million dollars fewer than

Thomas. Joining me now is Justice Correspondent for the Nation and host of their new podcast

Contempt of Court Ellie Mistal and also with us the former Trump attorney Tim Parlatory

Ellie, inadvertently omitted. What's your reaction to that? Yeah so once again we caught Clarence Thomas in a lie because when these uh allegations when these

um gifts first came out were first reported by ProPublica Thomas said that he was not required

to report them on his disclosure form. Now he's saying not reporting them was an inadvertent

omission. Well which one is it Clarence? And frankly it doesn't matter which one it is because

there will be no punishment and so while we can talk about all of these gifts the 2.4 million

dollars um the money that he is raking in the important thing to remember is that Congress

refuses to do anything to stop these people. Congress will not pass ethics legislation

I do not know why uh Republicans in Congress oppose minimal basic ethics requirements for

the Supreme Court but they do and so we don't have them and so nothing squadoosh is the number

that is going to happen in terms of consequences for Clarence Thomas's um corruption and lies

Members of Congress's staffers, Tim, are subject to more stringent ethical requirements apparently

than the Supreme Court of the United States. How could that be and and to Ellie's point I mean

is this not now crying out for Congress to act if they really care at all about preserving

even just the appearance of impartiality of the court? Oh I agree with Ellie completely on this you know this is something that

you know congressional staffers you mentioned if you look at the