In audio of a July 31st meeting obtained by ProPublica, a leader of a far right group tasked with lobbying against efforts to impose an ethics code on Supreme Court justices read aloud an email Karen extremist Ginni Thomas thanked the group for pushing back against Democrats moving to impose accountability for her and her husband Clarence’s willful whoring to MAGA billionaires.

“YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES. CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH,” Ginni wrote to Kelly Shackleford, director of the First Liberty Institute, a $25 million-a-year operation that bills itself as “the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans,” for which also defending the liberty of jurists to engage in naked corruption is a means to that end. After reading the email out loud, Shackelford told donors 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 reforms. “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.

Shackelford then attacked Justice Elena Kagan as “treasonous” and “disloyal” for her recent public endorsement of an enforcement mechanism for the court’s newly adopted ethics code. appearance, decrying that such an ethics code would “destroy the independence of the judiciary.”