Rising Hegemon
"I adore all the new citizen patriots who are rising up across this country," Thomas, who goes by Ginni, said on the panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference. "I have felt called to the front lines with you, with my fellow citizens, to preserve what made America great."
The move by Virginia Thomas, 52, into the front lines of politics stands in marked contrast to the rarefied culture of the nation's highest court, which normally prizes the appearance of nonpartisanship and a distance from the fisticuffs of the politics of the day.
Justice Thomas, 61, recently expressed sensitivity to such concerns, telling law students in Florida that he doesn't attend the State of the Union because it is "so partisan." Thomas, who was nominated by President George H.W. Bush, has been a reliable conservative vote since he joined the court in 1991.
Experts say Virginia Thomas' work doesn't violate ethical rules for judges. But Liberty Central could give rise to conflicts of interest for her husband, they said, as it tests the norms for judicial spouses. The couple have been married since 1987.
But Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas NEVER recuse themselves from cases. EVER.
In 2000, while at the Heritage Foundation, she was recruiting staff for a possible George W. Bush administration as her husband was hearing the case that would decide the election. When journalists reported her work, Thomas said she saw no conflict of interest and that she rarely discussed court matters with her husband.
Of course Scalia's son was heavily tied in with the Bush position on the vote matter as well -- guess who also didn't recuse himself?
If such conflicts involved, say Ginsburg or Stevens, it would be screamed about on FoxNews 23:54/7. Glenn Beck would cry himself into a dehydration coma (so it wouldn't be all bad).
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Contra claims by conservatives, this may well be the most activist SCOTUS bloc ever. They almost always vote according to their desired political outcome and the law and precedent be damned.
"Do you bring in a Lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don't you put it on its stand?"
There's no room under the bed for Virginia Lamp with all the magazines. Clarence has to put her somewhere.
Reconciliation and bipartisanship cannot and must not be allowed under a partisan conservative court!!!
Supreme Court demands conservative rule no matter how the election went.
the court was the reason why georgee was APPOINTED preznit. they knew their numbers were gonna go down and the conservatives used any excuse they could grab.
i just hope clarence drops dead ahead of schedule.
it would be more than ironic if Virginia Thomas's teabaggers were responsible for Clarence getting the old heave ho from the SC... wonder what interesting things they have planned that are "extra-constitutional"....
Umm, "conflict of interest" isn't in their vocabularies....
Intellectual dishonesty is the hallmark of the modern conservative, and, goddammit, they're proud of it, y'know?
do we call this sedition or clarence a traitor
is anyone here hear old enough to remeber abe fortas? something about a deal with a financier, his wife and a pardon. as that famous american phisopher, mr berra would say, "you can look it up".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Fortas
an impeachment would be sooooooo awesome.
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