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Old 03-27-2010, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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That would be Clarence Thomas and his Teabagger wife.

You want judicial activism? You dont have to look further than the rubber stamp ideologues that are led by Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia.

Now the wife wants to be instrumental in the ideological disease known as extreme right wing conservatism, which can (and does) often use the Christian religion to justify torture, wars, murders, and election theft (like we saw in the 2000 election)




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We’ve got to get the Constitution back to a place where it means something . . . or we’re headed for tyranny.
– Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, during an interview at a Conservative Political Action Committee meeting in February.

This isn’t Thomas’s first foray into activism. She has worked for former House Republican leader Richard A. Armey (Tex.), the Heritage Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

LibertyCentral bills itself as nonpartisan, while Thomas counts herself on her Website as among the "fans'' of radio's Rush Limbaugh and "intrigued'' by FOX News' Glenn Beck.
Clarence Thomas' wife holds TEA Party: The Swamp
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Old 03-27-2010, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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Is his wife a member of the SCOTUS? No. She's free to do as she pleases and support whatever causes she wants to.
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Old 03-27-2010, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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From your link:
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Legal experts are saying there is no conflict for a sitting judge and a wife actively involved in politics - until such point in time when the court starts ruling on cases involving corporations or interests financing the spouse's political organization.
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Old 03-27-2010, 08:32 AM
 
Location: Washington state
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A Supreme Court justice should be above all this. There shouldn't even be an appearance of impropriety.

Doesn't Thomas have any pride in the position he holds?
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Old 03-27-2010, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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A Supreme Court justice should be above all this. There shouldn't even be an appearance of impropriety.

Doesn't Thomas have any pride in the position he holds?
What impropriety has he engaged in?
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Old 03-27-2010, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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That would be Clarence Thomas and his Teabagger wife.

You want judicial activism? You dont have to look further than the rubber stamp ideologues that are led by Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia.

Now the wife wants to be instrumental in the ideological disease known as extreme right wing conservatism, which can (and does) often use the Christian religion to justify torture, wars, murders, and election theft (like we saw in the 2000 election)






Clarence Thomas' wife holds TEA Party: The Swamp
So true! I could not have said it better.

We’ve got to get the Constitution back to a place where it means something . . . or we’re headed for tyranny
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Old 03-27-2010, 09:10 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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What impropriety has he engaged in?
I guess nobody wants to say. Is this guilt by association? And guilt of what exactly? Of being married to someone that is a member of the Tea Party or aligns herself with their mission? Last I checked, that is not a crime. Sorry, but your claims are bogus at best.
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Old 03-27-2010, 09:21 AM
 
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Now educating people about the Constitution gives the appearance of impropriety?!
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Old 03-27-2010, 09:24 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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A Supreme Court justice should be above all this. There shouldn't even be an appearance of impropriety.

Doesn't Thomas have any pride in the position he holds?
In other words he needs to reel in his wife?
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Old 03-27-2010, 09:25 AM
 
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I guess nobody wants to say. Is this guilt by association? And guilt of what exactly? Of being married to someone that is a member of the Tea Party or aligns herself with their mission? Last I checked, that is not a crime. Sorry, but your claims are bogus at best.
Where in the OP is a crime alleged?
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