Like Sisyphus and the rock, Democrats continue to try to sprout a modicum of ethics on the Supreme Court, this time after an e-mail from Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife, Ginni, to a conservative “religious liberty” astroturf group praising the organization’s recent efforts to block ethics requirements, ABC News reports.
“YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES. CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH,” Ginni Thomas reportedly wrote in an e-mail to First Liberty Institute’s leadership after the group moved to block potential ethics enforcement for the Court.
“The reported comments by Ginni Thomas are deeply problematic,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin said in a statement. “She’s testified before Congress that she and Justice Thomas do not discuss each other’s work. That defense now rings hollow. Whether she’s inflating her knowledge of judges’ views on ethics reform or telling the truth, her apparent comments on behalf of judicial officers create a clear appearance of impropriety for Justice Thomas.”