Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife launches Tea Party group

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http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2010/03/supreme-court-justice-clarence-002590.php


Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife launches Tea Party group

Joni L. Reynolds | Posted March 15, 2010 10:40 AM

President Obama has received some heat for admonishing the Supreme Court on one of their rulings during his State of the Union address. I thought he went out of bounds in his criticism, but his actions pale in comparison to this.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife Virginia Thomas is the founder of a Tea Party-linked group. His wife's group is called Liberty Central Inc. "It's a nonprofit lobbying group set to issue score cards for members of Congress during the November election.

The group and work doesn't violate ethical rules for judges, but it could potentially be grounds for conflict of interest for her husband. Liberty Central may be a nonpartisan group, but it leans toward conservative principles and its nonprofit title allows it to raise unlimited amounts of corporate money without disclosing its donors. The group is set to launch fully in May."*

We rely on the court to render impartial rulings, but we know they all have political leanings and Justice Thomas leans far right, but for his wife to be linked to the hard right views of the Tea Party is a little unsettling and really should be scrutinized.

*LA Times

[Bitwit1234]

1. I read in several articels that HE helped her found it

and if that isn't conflict of interest and his a** should be impeached over it. But then of course this administration, like it always does will look the other way. If we had Democrats with a little bit of spine we could have had this country more along the way to recovery. But most of them are a bunch of jellyfish and only think of raking in those lobbyist dollars. TERM LIMITS TERM LIMITS...THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS.

[leftstreet]

2. It'd be so cool if Mrs. Alito would launch a Wine Party, or maybe Beer

...something


I despair of our futures

[Kolesar]

3. DUers could join her group, then immediately go to work splintering it

That first meeting at the Scalia's parlor is going to be a fun one!

[LiberalFighter]

4. You mean do what the guy in Connecticut did to Lieberman's political party?

Take it over and then remove him?

[Blue Owl]

5. Is that a pubic hair in my tea?

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