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https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-instituteIn a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing a stronger ethics code.

Left: Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of First Liberty Institute. Right: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Credit: Photo illustration by Tiffany Herring/ProPublica. Source images: Kevin Wolf/AP, Garen Meguerian/Getty Images, Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images.
by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented
Sept. 4, 5 a.m. EDT
Co-published with Documented
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, privately heaped praise on a major religious-rights group for fighting efforts to reform the nation’s highest court — efforts sparked, in large part, by her husband’s ethical lapses.
Thomas expressed her appreciation in an email sent to Kelly Shackelford, an influential litigator whose clients have won cases at the Supreme Court. Shackelford runs the First Liberty Institute, a $25 million-a-year organization that describes itself as “the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans.”
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Thomas wrote that First Liberty’s opposition to court-reform proposals gave a boost to certain judges. According to Shackelford, Thomas wrote in all caps: “YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES. CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH.”
Shackelford said he saw Thomas’ support as evidence that judges, who “can’t go out into the political sphere and fight,” were thankful for First Liberty’s work to block Supreme Court reform. “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 said.
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BoRaGard
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oasis
(52,156 posts)
If you look at some of the links from the story, you learn that Shackelford himself makes a half million a year. It appears that he gets nice big fat raises, too.
Irish_Dem
(67,318 posts)And being able to help plot insurrections.
She is a traitor and belongs in prison.
tanyev
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Hekate
(97,029 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)You saw what I did there...
Hekate
(97,029 posts)Ye gods, the sht that was included in that monstrosity — decisions that had to be “revisited”


milestogo
(20,137 posts)Dulcinea
(8,134 posts)...but ugly goes all the way to the bone." --Attributed to Dorothy Parker
That is all.
Boomerproud
(8,702 posts)Oops. Then they'd lose their power and actually be held accountable.
Kid Berwyn
(19,753 posts)"... CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH.”
Or course, with Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett, "SAILS" translates into "POCKETS."
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,013 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(2,013 posts)Evolve Dammit
(20,440 posts)B.See
(5,038 posts)unscrupulous traitors and GRIFTERS... on the TAKE...
SELLING OUT DEMOCRACY, for a fkn BRIBE.
Brainfodder
(7,181 posts)Otherwise I will need to talk to THE MANAGER!
ShazzieB
(20,076 posts)Those are the exact words that through my head whens I read the title on this op. Because of course.
Miss Ginni is nothing if not predictable. As is her husband.