Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, thanked the First Liberty Institute for their work opposing Supreme Court ethics reform.
Ginni Thomas, conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, on Capitol Hill on Sept. 29, 2022 in Washington, D.C.on Wednesday that Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of First Liberty Institute, read an email from Thomas during a July 31 phone call with major donors to the conservative political group.
“YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES. CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH,” Thomas wrote in the email, in praise of First Liberty’s work opposing efforts to strengthen justices ethical obligations to the public. Shackelford told donors that the email was an affirmation of the work they were doing on behalf of judges who “can’t go out into the political sphere and fight.”
“It’s neat that, you know, those of you on the call are a part of protecting the future of our court, and they really appreciate it,” he added. If Shackelford’s views weren’t explicit enough, he went on to attack Justice Elena Kagan as “treasonous” and “disloyal” for advocating for an external mechanism of enforcement of the Supreme Court’s ethics guidelines. from cases related to Jan. 6 despite reports that the justice had flown flags associated with the movement to overturn the 2020 election results outside of his residences. Mrs. Alito is by no means the first Supreme Court spouse to invite controversy into the court.
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