Is Ginni Thomas Getting Rich Off Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court Decisions?

by Ian Millhiser, Think Progress

"Supreme Court spouse Ginni Thomas has a new job — as the head of a Tea Party lobbying firm called ‘Liberty Consulting.’ Her new firm, which promises to give ‘voice to principled citizens and the tea party movement in the halls of Congress through governmental affairs efforts’ also offers very unusual service to its clients: Liberty Consulting offers advice on optimizing political investments for charitable giving in the non-profit world or political causes.Ginni Thomas’ new career advising clients on how to donate money to political causes is striking in light of the fact that this career path was much more difficult to break into just one year ago. In Citizens United v. FEC, Ginni’s husband Clarence cast the key fifth vote enabling corporations to spend unlimited money influencing U.S. elections. As a result of this vote, outside groups spent nearly $300 million influencing the 2010 elections — much of which would have been illegal before Justice Thomas greenlighted this spending." Read the Article