Clarence Thomas’ wife sparks effort to impose tougher Supreme Court ethics
Last week it was revealed that Thomas’ wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, was part of a secret group that hoped to advance the conservative agenda. She had previously founded Liberty Central, a conservative nonprofit advocacy group that opposed the Affordable Care Act.
Scalia and Thomas have also participated in secretive political strategy sessions hosted by Koch Industries.
Actually, the sponsors of the bill are all Democrats, progressives for the most part (Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) – my representative! – Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). They are the ones who were “sparked” by the Justice Thomas and his humble stay at home wife money grubbing lobbyist and wingnut welfare recipient, Ginny. The bill has no chance of passing out of committee in the House (or the Senate for that matter), so it is, in effect, a political statement, and one not likely to garner much national attention outside the states of its sponsors, since our corporate media is as ethically challenged as are the Tom and Ginny Thomas. I had to laugh, however, when I read the story after first reading the headline. Still, any hypothetical Onion story with that headline probably would have been funnier.
By the By, Clarence Thomas is truly an Uncle Tom, so there’s that.
Ps. Here’s hoping his nephew has recovered fully from being punched, tasered and his resultant epileptic seizure.
