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sl8

(16,132 posts)
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:03 AM Wednesday

Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: "Thank You So, So, So Much"

https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute

Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”

In 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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Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: "Thank You So, So, So Much" (Original Post) sl8 Wednesday OP
She'd respond, but probably busy on yet another G.O.P. luxury junket BoRaGard Wednesday #1
This one is a dandy! oasis Wednesday #18
$$$ NJCher Wednesday #2
She's afraid of losing her corrupt life of big cash and luxury. Irish_Dem Wednesday #3
Shouldn't Ginni be quietly mourning her meaningless life with no biological children? tanyev Wednesday #4
Why yes, yes she should Hekate Wednesday #11
Wait 'til SCROTUM votes unanimously to invalidate Loving vs Virginia ArkansasDemocrat1 Wednesday #19
That's been hanging since Dobbs... Hekate Thursday #20
lol wolfie001 Wednesday #13
Ginni and her husband are pure evil. milestogo Wednesday #5
"Beauty is only skin deep... Dulcinea Wednesday #6
Do the honorable thing and run for office folks. Boomerproud Wednesday #7
"YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES..." Kid Berwyn Wednesday #8
"SAILS" : bank accounts NameAlreadyTaken Wednesday #9
Ginni is every bit as vile as Clarence NameAlreadyTaken Wednesday #10
Well bless her cold, tiny, black hateful heart. NOT Evolve Dammit Wednesday #12
Imo, just a bunch of B.See Wednesday #14
KARMA please!!! Brainfodder Wednesday #15
Of course she did! ShazzieB Wednesday #16
god, guns, and... bucks. orthoclad Wednesday #17

NJCher

(37,121 posts)
2. $$$
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:28 AM
Wednesday

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

(55,332 posts)
3. She's afraid of losing her corrupt life of big cash and luxury.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:13 AM
Wednesday

And being able to help plot insurrections.

She is a traitor and belongs in prison.

Hekate

(93,431 posts)
20. That's been hanging since Dobbs...
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 12:13 AM
Thursday

Ye gods, the sht that was included in that monstrosity — decisions that had to be “revisited”

Dulcinea

(7,160 posts)
6. "Beauty is only skin deep...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:14 AM
Wednesday

...but ugly goes all the way to the bone." --Attributed to Dorothy Parker

That is all.

Boomerproud

(8,227 posts)
7. Do the honorable thing and run for office folks.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:41 AM
Wednesday

Oops. Then they'd lose their power and actually be held accountable.

Kid Berwyn

(17,008 posts)
8. "YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES..."
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 11:09 AM
Wednesday

"... 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."

B.See

(2,731 posts)
14. Imo, just a bunch of
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 06:08 PM
Wednesday

unscrupulous traitors and GRIFTERS... on the TAKE...

SELLING OUT DEMOCRACY, for a fkn BRIBE.

ShazzieB

(17,880 posts)
16. Of course she did!
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:02 PM
Wednesday

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.

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