What's preposterous is comparing what a spouse knows about a partner participating in a marathon to what he or she knows about the specific political activity of a partner. You could hardly have picked a worse analogy.
You can't train for a marathon without your spouse knowing what you're up to. You can email a White House adviser or Arizona legislators about a particular issue without your spouse knowing that you have done so.
Justice Thomas knows that his wife is engaged in activism, of course, but that's not the same thing as knowing which specific causes she's involved with.
Ginni Thomas has her fingers in many policy pies. There's no reason to believe her husband knows which ones, and good reason to believe he would rather not know.
Actually there are a lot of reasons to suppose that “back then, [Justice Thomas] knew about his wife’s activism in support of keeping Trump in power.” They’re married to each other, and this was a big part of her life. When my wife was training for a marathon, I knew about it, and no one would have believed me if I said I didn’t.
I knew Ginni Lamp Thomas at Creighton Law School. I know her and like her. It would, however, be another high tech lynching. I know her impulse is to fight back just like her husband did. But there is little upside. It would be a mistake. (But if she does testify, I'll be her lawyer and I'll bring in classmates Judge Sandra Dougherty, Judge Mary Gilbride and former US Attorney John L. McKay.)
What's preposterous is comparing what a spouse knows about a partner participating in a marathon to what he or she knows about the specific political activity of a partner. You could hardly have picked a worse analogy.
You can't train for a marathon without your spouse knowing what you're up to. You can email a White House adviser or Arizona legislators about a particular issue without your spouse knowing that you have done so.
Justice Thomas knows that his wife is engaged in activism, of course, but that's not the same thing as knowing which specific causes she's involved with.
Ginni Thomas has her fingers in many policy pies. There's no reason to believe her husband knows which ones, and good reason to believe he would rather not know.
Actually there are a lot of reasons to suppose that “back then, [Justice Thomas] knew about his wife’s activism in support of keeping Trump in power.” They’re married to each other, and this was a big part of her life. When my wife was training for a marathon, I knew about it, and no one would have believed me if I said I didn’t.
I knew Ginni Lamp Thomas at Creighton Law School. I know her and like her. It would, however, be another high tech lynching. I know her impulse is to fight back just like her husband did. But there is little upside. It would be a mistake. (But if she does testify, I'll be her lawyer and I'll bring in classmates Judge Sandra Dougherty, Judge Mary Gilbride and former US Attorney John L. McKay.)
Her problem? She married a "black conservative!" Unprincipled!