So this morning The Washington Post did an article on Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has started her own lobbying and political organizing group. While supposedly “non-partisan”, it was specifically set up to cater to “citizen-activist” of the” tea party” movement. “Ginni” as she is affectionately called, says Liberty Central Inc. will educate motivated citizens to "preserve freedom and reaffirm the core founding principles," according to the group's Web site, and will serve as a way for concerned Americans to "make a difference in the fight for liberty and against the liberal Washington agenda." Now I don’t presume to know what goes on between Justice Thomas and his wife but I would assume think that a lobbying firm would not be allowed for the wife of a Supreme Court Justice. It brings to mind that she could go around selling her husbands vote on various items brought forward to the Supreme Court. It also brings to mind that anything she learns and shares in her new position could be seen as tainting her husband’s views. Allowing her this access to both the Supreme Court and to both the House of Representative’s and the Senate seems like too much direct access, and not that she would get swayed but temptation is a bitch.
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