Ginnie is a conservative lobbyist and the left has been trying to portray her influence on her husband as malignant. But it is the attack on Justice Thomas' character and integrity that has spurred many of his former clerks to come to his defense.

Thomas has been under fire for accepting gifts and perks from his billionaire friend Harlan Crow, including trips to expensive resorts, private jet flights, and tickets to sporting events.

The open letter refers to Thomas as "a man of greatest intellect, of greatest faith, and of greatest patriotism," denouncing the smears made against him.

"And these stories are malicious, perpetuating the ugly assumption that the Justice cannot think for himself. They are part of a larger attack on the Court and its legitimacy as an institution," the letter declared. "The picture they paint of the Court and the man for whom we worked bears no resemblance to reality."

"As his law clerks, we offer this response."

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The 112 signatories on the letter include current solicitors general, general counsels, partners at litigation firms and law professors. Three circuit court judges also signed the letter: David Stras on the 8th Circuit, Jim Ho of the 5th Circuit, and Allison Rushing, 4th Circuit.

The lawyers described Justice Thomas' upbringing, having "descended from West African slaves and born to a young mother, not more than 20, in segregated Georgia."

"His father left. And a fire took all he had and the shack where he lived," they described.

The clerks wrote how Thomas as a child later packed all his belongings in "a half-filled paper grocery bag" to live with his grandparents, who enrolled him in a segregated Catholic school run by Irish nuns.

"Different paths led us to our year with Justice Thomas, and we have followed different paths since. But along the way, we all saw with our own eyes the same thing: His integrity is unimpeachable. And his independence is unshakable, deeply rooted seven decades ago as that young child who walked through the door of his grandparents' house for a life forever changed"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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