Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is retiring her title as head of Liberty Central, a conservative group with Tea Party ties that she launched earlier this year amid much scrutiny."She'll take a back seat so that Liberty Central can continue with its mission without any of the distractions," the group's spokeswoman Caitlin Carroll told the Washington Post Monday. "After discussing it with the board, Mrs. Thomas determined that it was best for the organization."
Apart from the distraction of having a wife of a Supreme Court justice aggressively tackling initiatives determined to beat back the agenda of Barack Obama -- whom she called a "tyrant" in a recent New York Times profile detailing the potential conflict of interest in her political activism and her husband's professional responsibility -- the financial backing of Thomas's group has also raised questions.
Funded primarily by two secret donors, whose identities were concealed by new practices set forth in the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, Thomas's group was immediately injected with more than half-a-million dollars, which propelled it to the forefront of conservative activism, but not without significant concern that the anonymous status of Liberty Central's benefactors could potentially complicate future rulings by Justice Thomas.
Source: Huffington Post
Kevin Eason is a freelance editorial cartoonist and Illustrator from New Jersey. His brand of satire covers news events in politics, entertainment, sports and much more. Follow him on Facebook.

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By: mswll4 on 11/16/2010 8:43AM
It a shame that she is going to RETIRE. Her husband is one of the few decent AFRICAN-AMERICANS MEN i seen in a long time:[ How about it JETHRO JACKSON, AL SHARPTON.]. I wish her all the LUCK.
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By: barbra wIlliams on 11/17/2010 12:24AM
I JUST LEARNED OF DR. BOYCE. I AM GLAD I DO RESEARCH ON OUR CULTURE WHEN TIME PERMITS AND HEALTH. HOW DO YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH HER? IS SHE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC GESTURE, OR INTERACTION, WITHOUT THE INTERNET ALWAYS. IS IT TOO MUCH TO CALL HER, AND MOST LIKELY I UNDERSTAND A MESSAGE LEFT MIGHT BE THE ONLY OPTION, OTHER THAN WRITING. I WANT TO GET SOMETHING WITH REAL ACTION FOR OUR CULTURE, AGAINST THE PRISON SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS YEARS OF LIFE, AND SEND THESE MEN OUT WHEN THEIR MOTHER, FATHER, RELATIVES DIED, OR CANNOT HELP THEM. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT TRY AND SURVIVE IN THEIR MINDS. THEY HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH ABUSE OVER MANY YEARS. THEY NEED GENUINE HELP. NO BULL-S___. YET OUT OF ALL THE CONCERTS, WELFARE PROGRAMS, DRUGS, LOUD CLOTHES WE BUY, PARTY CLOTHES THAT IS WORN DAILY, COULD NOT AFFORD. BRAIDS OF STRIPES, VERY MUCH OVER WEIGHT THAT AFFECTS OUR MENTALITY, STIMULATION ALL OVER TO DO SOMETHING FOR OURSELVES AND DO IT TOGETHER AND COMMIT. BE DECENT, TAKE A FEW CLASSES, OR ASK FOR HELP ON HOW TO PRESENT YOURSELF FOR A JOB, OR GOING OUT INTO THE STREETS. LOUD VULGARITY, HANGING ON THE STREETS IN NUMBERS AND FROM DAY TO DAY. OUR CHILDREN MORE OFTEN THAN NONE, PICK THIS UP. THEY USUALLY THINK FROM HOW THEY LIVE. IT DOES NOT TAKE RICH OR MIDDLE CLASS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE HABIT OF THE GOVERNMENT SENDING US A TICKET TO BARELY GET BY. WE HAVE GIVEN UP ON OURSELVES. WE DO NOT CARE, AND IF WE DO, THE SAME DAY TO DAY DEPRESSION AND OTHER NEGATIVE FACTORS KEEP US DOWN. WE ARE VERY SMART, AND YES INTELLIGENT WOMEN AND MEN ON OUR OWN. WE JUST DO NOT SEE A WAY OUT OF POVERTY. THE AGENCIES SET UP TO HELP, GIVE LITTLE OR NO BACK-BONE. WE HAVE OTHER CULTURES DIRECTING OUR LIVES DAY TO DAY. WE DO NOT LIKE IT, IN FACT WE USUALLY HATE IT, HATE THEM. BUT WE DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE RISEN FROM BOTTOM DOWN AND BANDED TOGETHER AND NETWORK AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN WAYS THAT HAS BEEN RELATED BY THEM OF WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE. WE DO NOT WANT TO GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER TO DO THIS. THERE IS JEALOUSY, I DO NOT LIKE HER. SHE THINKS SHE IS SO MUCH, MUCH MORE DIRECT AND INDIRECT THOUGHTS THAT KILL OUR ABILITIES TO GET UP AND DO SOMETHING. MANY THINK WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH. OH BUT WE CAN. IT IS NOT GOING TO COME TO YOUR BED DAILY AND DICTATE AND DO IT FOR YOU. YOU HAVE TO REALLY WANT TO CHANGE YOUR OLD THOUGHTS AND PATTERNS AND LIVES AND HELP EACH OTHER. THIS IS WHY THE UNITED STATES WHERE WE LIVE, DO NOT CARE ABOUT OUR MEN. THEY FEEL THAT A BLACK MAN IS NOT WORTH A DAMN. SHOULD BE OFF THE STREETS, NOT LOOKING IN THEIR FACES, OR COMING INTO THEIR SPACE. IF ALL THEY ARE GOING TO GET IS WHAT I NAMED A FEW OF OUR OUTWARD APPEARANCES AND ACTIONS, DO YOU BLAME THEM? YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE CAUCASIAN, MEXICAN, ITALIAN, GERMAN, OR ANY OTHER CULTURE. YOU JUST NEED A START AND ASSIGNED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO STICK WITH YOU AND YOU THEM TO RECEIVE WHAT WE CAN STARTING TO LIVE BETTER, STOP BEING SEEN AS NOTHING, AND HELP THE FATHERS AND SONS OUT OF PRISON, BEING ONE OF OUR FIRST PRIORITIES. THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO STUDIES, AND HANDLE THE EASY STUFF. LEAVING MOST PRISONERS OF COLOR OUT. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SET UP, THAT CONNECTION/S, THAT POWER TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY TO OFFER HELP AND FREEDOM FROM THE WHITE MANS SLAVE WORLD OF LAZINESS AND IGNORANCE. REHAB IS NOT GOING TO WORK IN PRISONS. WHAT REHAB? A FEW ARE CHOSEN, AND THE REST LAID TO A CELL. FIGHTING OTHERS TO SURVIVE THEIR HATE, DEALING WITH THE HATE OF STAFF/S, THE MENTAL AND VISUAL AND VERBAL ABUSE. THE BREAKDOWN OR THE CONSTANT REMINDER THAT YOU BELONG IN PRISON, BECAUSE YOU ARE A DARK BROWN MAN, AND YOU CANNOT AND WILL NOT AND IS TO IGNORANT AND STUPID TO HELP YOURSELVES. THE MUSIC THAT IS BOUGHT AND YET THERE ARE NO ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THE MEN THAT NEED THE MOST HELP. IF THEY DO NOT DO DRUGS, AND THEY SAY YOU ARE VIOLENT, EVEN IF YOU HURT NO ONE, THE NAME OF THE CHARGE CARRIES 25 TO LIFE. YOU SEE ATHE SET UP. IT WILL ALWAYS BE THIS WAY, UNLESS WE BAND TOGETHER AND GET THIS HATE OFF OF US, AND GET OUR MEN BACK INTO THE FAMILY AND HELP THEM TOO. YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF AND BE EDUCATED IN WHY AND WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT CAUSED THEIR CRIME, IF GUILTY, AND HELP COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND MAKE THEM FEEL THAT THEY ARE STILL SOMEONE, AND CAN DO MANY THINGS THEY DESIRE TO DO. WE AS BROWN PEOPLE DID NOT PUT THESE OLD OR NEW LAWS INTO EFFECT. THEY WERE DONE FOR US, THEY KNOW WE ARE WEAKER THAN WHEN MARTIN GAVE HIS LIFE, SO TO SPEAK FOR US TO MOVE ON. WE HAVE INCHED VERY LITTLE, AND THE INCHERS HAVE MADE THEIR MONIES OFF OF YOU, AND YOUR CHILDREN, AND THEY CANNOT BE REACHED WHEN YOU NEED THEM. THEY COULD HELP TO SET UP PROGRAMS IN AREAS LIKE SAN DIEGO, AND OTHERS THAT DO NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION, AND WANT US LOCKED UP[ FOR LIFE FOR WHAT THEY CALL FELONIES. YOUR CHILDREN ARE LEFT TO STRUGGLE, WITHOUT DAD, MOM DEPRESSED AND MUCH MORE, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE MORE DEPENDENT ON SENDING AND VISITING AND RECEIVING CALLS, AND HEARING THE INDIGNANT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST THEM, AND THERE IS NO RELIEF OR HELP. I FELT A SPIRIT INSIDE ME THIS MORNING AND PROMPTED ME TO LASH OUT AT OUR OWN. TO TRY TO CONTACT PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THIS. USE OUR MINDS AND NATURAL SKILLS, DO THE FOOT WORK TO GET TO PRESIDENT OBAMA. HE IS NOT HELPING US IN ANY WAY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CAUSE A HUGE PLOT TO GET HIM OUT, SO HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT HELP HIS OWN. WHY NOT? OTHER CULTURES AND ALL PRESIDENTS HAVE HELPED THEIR OWN SINCE TIME BEGAN FOR US. EVERY COUNT OF 24 HOURS. YET WHEN WE TRY AND IT IS USUALLY SMALL, THERE IS REPERCUSSIONS OF GABS. THEY ARE RACIST... NO, WE NEED TO HELP AND USE THE MEANS TO HELP AND IMPROVE US AS HUMANS. NEED I SAY MORE, BUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, I DO NOT CARE WHERE YOU ARE. PLEASE EMAIL ME. IF THAT BECOMES TOO MANY, WE WILL FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS FOR COMMUNICATIONS. IT TAKES FUNDS YES, BUT THROUGH DONATIONS, EVEN WELFARE AND UNEMPLOYED CAN LET GO OF A FEW BUCKS. DO NOT BUY THAT LIQUOR, OR THAT ONE WEED, OR CLOTHING, OR WRONG FOOD. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW WE CAN USE IT AND START A BIG AFFAIR SINCE MARTIN LUTHER. NO VIOLENCE, BUT ACTION. NOT JUST TALK, BUT ACTION. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK TO MANY OF US IN OTHER AREAS, STATES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES. BUT I CANNOT DO IT ALONE. I WANT TO HELP AND BE A STARTING CARING PERSON ABOUT WHERE AND WHO WE ARE TO START SOMETHING, AND BE GREAT AT IT AND WE CAN ALSO HAVE FUN AND BECOME PROUD OF WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE. MANY WAYS OF HELP TO GET US THERE. I KNOW IT AND I FEEL IT. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT lenewllms@yahoo.com... I WILL CHANGE THIS IN ABOUT TWO DAYS, SO PLEASE JUST TRY. TOO LITTLE NO, ALL WILL BE TOSSED AROUND AS WE GATHER ENOUGH INTEREST AND ACTIONAIRES. WE NAME OUR GROUP, AND FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND PEACE AND THE RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED AND TREATED LIKE ANYONE ELSE, WHEN WE HAVE ACTED TO DESERVE IT. NOT EASY, BUT PROGRESS AS WE GO. DO YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR KIDS, PRISONER ASSOCIATE/S, YOURSELF, FAMILY , FRIENDS.
START FROM SOMEWHERE, WE DO NOT HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND IS WILLING TO DO THE DIRTY WORK TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GET, OR START. IT CAN WORK. PLEASE, WAKE UP, START THINKING. DO YOU FEEL GOOD WHERE YOU ARE WITH LIFE AND YOUR KIDS AND LOVED ONES? IF NOT, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE NEED ALL KINDS FOR INFORMATION AND INPUT, AND ACTION. HELP ME, I AM WILLING. THANK YOU IF YOU READ THIS INSIGHT OF MINE. MAY THE WILL BECOME YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP OTHERS AND YOU. NUMBERS COUNT, AS MONEY COUNT. BOTH ARE OUR NEEDS.
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By: Pink on 11/16/2010 7:44PM
Who gives a "S" about Mr. or Mrs. Thomas.
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By: Marie J. on 11/17/2010 12:27PM
Good riddence to the broad.
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