Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife of 35 years, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, refer to each other as “best friends,” their bond built on deep conservative beliefs and forged tighter by decades of fighting attacks they perceive as unfair that began with his turbulent 1991 confirmation. The reversal means tens of millions of women in conservative-controlled states are losing access to abortion.īond between Clarence Thomas and his activist wife Ginni raises conflict of interest concerns - 5:30 p.m. More than three decades later, Alito has fulfilled that vision, cementing his place in history as the author of a consequential ruling overturning Roe, along with a 1992 precedent that reaffirmed that decision, Planned Parenthood v. Wade and, in the meantime, of mitigating its effects.” That strategy would “advance the goals of bringing about the eventual overruling of Roe v. In a memo offering advice on two pending cases that challenged state laws regulating abortion, Alito advocated focusing on a more incremental argument: The court should uphold the regulations as reasonable. The Supreme Court was not ready to overturn it, he said, so urging it to do so could backfire.
Wade, the landmark ruling that declared a constitutional right to abortion. In the spring of 1985, a 35-year-old lawyer in the Justice Department, Samuel Alito, cautioned the Reagan administration against mounting a frontal assault on Roe v. Decades ago, Alito laid out methodical strategy to eventually overrule Roe - 7:05 p.m.