Ginni Thomas helped ​establish​ a 'billion-dollar force' ahead of Citizens United: report

Ginni Thomas and Conservative Activists Worked Together to Exploit Citizens United Ruling: Report

As the Supreme Court prepared to decide the Citizens United case that designated money as political speech, Ginni Thomas — wife of Justice Clarence Thomas — along with conservative activists quickly and quietly filed to create exactly the type of non-profit group that would benefit from the decision, Politico reports. In the ensuing years, according to Politico, Thomas worked closely with Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo to build a conse…

Ginni Thomas helped ​establish​ a 'billion-dollar force' ahead of Citizens United: report

Ginni Thomas, the wife of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Leonard Leo, the co-chairman of the Federalist Society's Board of Directors, were working behind the scenes with the support of a controversial billionaire benefactor prior to SCOTUS' Citizen's United ruling...

Ginni Thomas helped ​establish​ a 'billion-dollar force' ahead of Citizens United: report

Ginni Thomas, the wife of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Leonard Leo, the co-chairman of the Federalist Society's Board of Directors, were working behind the scenes with the support of a controversial billionaire benefactor prior to SCOTUS' Citizen's United ruling, Politico's Heidi Pryzbyla reports.That decision, Pryzbyla recalls, "loosened restrictions on campaign spending and unleashed a flow of anonymous do…