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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
Thu May 17, 2012, 02:04 AM May 2012

Number of days since Clarence Thomas' crimes uncovered: 479 and counting!

And nothing.



Just a reminder to keep you angry. Because if you aren't angry, you aren't paying close enough attention. They tell me we elect representatives to keep an eye on this sort of thing. That's what they tell me, anyway.

PB

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Number of days since Clarence Thomas' crimes uncovered: 479 and counting! (Original Post) Poll_Blind May 2012 OP
Why did Holder refuse to convene a Grand Jury before the HCR case was heard? leveymg May 2012 #1
K&R. nt OnyxCollie May 2012 #2
Justice's wife launches 'tea party' group OnyxCollie May 2012 #3
Wife served on Bush transition team during Bush v. Gore deliberations? (nt) philly_bob May 2012 #4
It's OK, If You're A Repug. Mc Mike May 2012 #5
I hope you don't turn blue, waiting for this CanonRay May 2012 #6
No, but I'm not going to forget it either. nt Poll_Blind May 2012 #7
That makes at least two of us. CanonRay May 2012 #8
 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
3. Justice's wife launches 'tea party' group
Thu May 17, 2012, 02:58 AM
May 2012

Justice's wife launches 'tea party' group
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/14/nation/la-na-thomas14-2010mar14

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.

~snip~

Virginia Thomas declined to comment in detail about her plans for LibertyCentral.org,
which she said would fully launch in May. In a brief phone interview, she did not directly
answer questions about whether she and her husband had discussed the effects her role
might have on perceptions of his impartiality.

"I don't involve myself in litigation. Are you asking that because there's a different standard
for conservatives? Did you ask Ed Rendell that question?" she said, referring to the
Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, who is married to a federal appellate court judge.

~snip~

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.

CanonRay

(14,101 posts)
8. That makes at least two of us.
Thu May 17, 2012, 01:29 PM
May 2012

As one who was subject to Federal Financial disclosures for 30 years, and since I also investigated violations, Thomas pisses me off personally.

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