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Hi,
Yet another bombshell report is out about the obscene corruption on the Supreme Court.
A new Politico investigation details how Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, conspired to take advantage of the Citizens United ruling months before it was released.1
It's like she knew what was coming, securing half a million dollars from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow to lead a front group before the rest of us knew that the Supreme Court was about to unleash a flood of unlimited corporate money into American politics. And, of course, her husband never recused himself from any of the relevant cases.
Enough is enough. This is just the latest scandal to show why the Supreme Court needs a binding code of ethics. That’s why we’re redoubling our efforts to demand that the Senate pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act.
The latest Politico story reads like an mashup of all the previous Supreme Court scandals reported to date — especially when it comes to the Thomases.
There’s Harlan Crow — the real estate magnate who’s lavished the Thomas family with opulent vacations and gifts for decades — providing the seed money for a dark-money group that would morph over the years and skirt campaign finance law.
There’s the architect of the far-right court, Leonard Leo, pulling all the strings, including paying Ms. Thomas $100,000 for work she may or may not have performed.
And there’s Justice Thomas himself, seldom reporting the largesse bestowed on his wife, never recusing himself, and voting with her and her conspirators every single time on matters ranging from the Affordable Care Act to "the Big Lie.”
Even an emeritus scholar at the ultraconservative American Enterprise Institute was aghast at the findings. “This stinks to high heaven,” he wrote. “Leonard Leo and Ginni Thomas are despicable.”2
We’re grateful for the reporters uncovering all the Supreme Court’s dirt, but now it’s time for Congress to clean it up.
That’s why Demand Progress Action has mobilized more than 100,000 people to demand that Congress pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act.
With gratitude for all that you do,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. Politico, "What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement," September 10, 2023.
2. The Guardian, "Ginni Thomas and rightwing activists exploited supreme court ruling - report," September 11, 2023.
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