Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas petition jumps after scandals

A petition to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has seen spikes in signatures on several occasions that reports of scandals have broken, suggesting rising discontent over his position.

The petition, organized by the public policy advocacy group MoveOn, is as of Monday approaching 1.35 million signatures. It calls for Thomas to either resign his post or face impeachment, possible under the U.S. Constitution, but requires a vote by the House of Representatives. The petition accuses him of pushing a right-wing agenda while accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from a right-wing megadonors" and questions his ethics. Newsweek emailed the Supreme Court for comment on Monday.