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    Jackie Calmes: Has Clarence Thomas' wife crossed a line? Yes, and then some

    Some things don't improve over time. Eleven years ago, I spoke with Stephen Gillers, then as now a law professor at New York University and one of the nation's top authorities on judicial ethics, for a news story about whether Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, had crossed legal or ethical lines through her partisan activities and dark-money fundraising on ...
    by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2022 3 minutes
    From left to right: Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on Oct. 21, 2021, in Washington, DC.

    Some things don't improve over time.

    Eleven years ago, I spoke with Stephen Gillers, then as now a law professor at New York University and one of the nation's top authorities on judicial ethics, for a news story about whether Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, had crossed legal or ethical lines through her partisan activities and dark-money fundraising on issues that come before the court.

    Gillers was measured. Ginni Thomas' constitutional rights as a private citizen allowed her to do her politicking, about Thomas in the New Yorker. He calls her conduct "reprehensible."

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