You mention particularly David Dinielli, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flannan Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance. So she got access. Above everything . So we have a case here not simply of ideological alignment. If you look up its address online, it's just a mailbox. He said that - he thought that if you could ask the other eight justices what they think about what she's doing, that they would tell you that they were appalled. The movies beginning hints at Thomas loneliness and how he does not have a family to take care of. So - right. He reassures Thomas that it is okay and thats what he wants. What happened to Thomas' wife? When James tells Donald that Thomas' wife died, he expresses his condolences and even asks Thomas what happened. Based on the Flannan Isle mystery. And I think this is an important thing for people to understand. There's a couple where the husband is the legal director of the ACLU - that's David Cole - and his wife, Nina Pillard, is a circuit court judge on the appeals court in Washington, D.C. Nina Pillard recuses herself from any case that the ACLU has been involved in, either nationally or locally, and even in a case where the ACLU has submitted an amicus brief. MAYER: You know, this is sort of where I entered this story, many years ago during those hearings, covering them and then writing that book. He mostly sang hymns and contemporary music. James asks Thomas for help when he cannot do it himself. He isolates himself in a small chapel on the island as the guilt of having killed men overwhelms him. It gives you a financial interest besides the public good. Only the remaining keepers get on the boat, while Jed stays in the lighthouse. DAVIES: When this briefing occurred on policy and personnel issues with Ginni Thomas and Frank Gaffney, what do we know about the meeting? MAYER: I think there's a lot of very serious concern. DAVIES: There's an organization called Groundswell. He was confirmed. Following the events on the island, James resolves to end his life because he cannot live, haunted by lies and secrecy. MAYER: Well, there are actually very specific rules applying to judges' spouses and family members. According to the Northern Lighthouse Board , in December 1900, three lighthouse keepers - Donald McArthur, James Ducat, and Thomas Marshall - seemingly disappeared from the Earth. It requires justices to recuse themselves from participating in any case that presents a financial conflict involving close family members. Thomas' new single "One Less Day" recently shot his fourth solo album, "Chip Tooth Smile," to number two on iTunes. A persons mental health may deteriorate under such circumstances. DAVIES: Yeah, you know, I think most of us would not want to be judged by the - many of the things we did in our 20s. When he sees the boys face, he immediately remembers his own son and his sanity takes a turn for the worse. But no one had foreseen what would happen next. And we're speaking with New Yorker staff writer and chief Washington correspondent Jane Mayer. And it's trying to get more public disclosure of this kind of thing. How much concern is there among justices, legal scholars that this undermines the reputation of the court? Accuracy and availability may vary. He is believed to remain in the lighthouse as he was supposed to. It sort of raises questions about her gullibility and her susceptibility to extreme ideas. The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has in its possession more than two dozen text messages, 29 in total, between former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and . Eventually, Thomas and James venture into the sea with their precious gold and Donalds corpse. Prior to 1929, people traveling between Charleston and Mount Pleasant did so by private boat or ferry. And the two of them were very much welded together by it. Lam had left . But surprisingly, we dont see him in any of the fight scenes where he could have been useful. MAYER: Well, she grew up in a kind of upper-middle-class family in Omaha, Neb. She gave that up in order not to have - you know, pose these kinds of conflicts and create these problems. DAVIES: We are speaking with Jane Mayer. DAVIES: Well, Jane Mayer, thanks so much for speaking with us again. Born in June 1951, Richard Thomas has managed to stay relevant in showbiz for . He saw Clarence Thomas as a potentially really useful ally up and on the Supreme Court. Thomas slams the door and asks to leave, but in vain. Kimberly Fletcher was an organizer of it and spoke at two of the events at January 6. I spoke to a number of the people who are really considered kind of the gold standard on the subject of judicial ethics. He's a very, very outspoken defense hawk who has, over the years, been vociferous in his fear that Muslims are posing an existential threat to America. What happened? The amended forms disclosed that over that over four year period, the conservative Heritage Foundation had paid his wife $680,000. So it was a really strange meeting. Most of his character traits, like tough, secretive, and aloof, seem to stem from his loss. It's - if the circumstances would raise a question which would undermine the court's sense of impartiality, that's a problem. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. The guardians, delighted to discover the precious metal, see in it the solution to all their problems. Thomas is seen as distant and grieving throughout the film. But now we have this movement of money from an active pro-Trump group to a private advocacy organization, to Ginni Thomas' one-person lobbying firm while this case is before the court. She had posted in favor of the protests. The two . Action where one of the group's positions was that every week, they were told that their members needed to denounce the Southern Poverty Law Center online every single week, to come up with something to say that would denigrate this organization. Wendy even tricks them into accompanying them on a lake . The Matchbox Twenty singer, 49, exclusively told Us Weekly that he doesn't have a big secret to a long-lasting marriage. The split brought him to his knees before finally helping him find happiness again. Because it is the highest sort of judicial voice in the country, the point that has been made - it was actually made a number of years ago by Justice Rehnquist - was that nobody can enforce the law on it because it is basically the law itself, and so it is outside of the judicial code that binds the rest of the judges. What happened to experienced island men Donald MacArthur, James Ducat and Thomas Marshall on the lonely island of Eileen Mor? They plan how everyone can get a share of the gold without getting caught. The movie was directed by George Sluizer and was a remake of the French-Dutch movie of the same name that was made and directed by Sluizer in 1988. The story of how a 150-year old house on an island off the Irish coast simply vanished has become the subject of international fascination, as the owner turned to the courts to find . But what about judges? Those range from her activities on behalf of Trump to her speeches condemning the Affordable Care Act. It's another kind of form of dark money spending. Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. They believed in things like the John Birch Society, and they were afraid that there was fluoridation in the water that was somehow poisoning people's minds - that kind of thing. Read More: 10 Overlooked Thriller Movies From the 1990s That You Must See. DAVIES: And we should just note that the group which provided this money to Gaffney's organization, which is headed by Rebekah Mercer, is called Making America Great or Make America Great, right? Her father was a engineer and a developer of sort of housing complexes. MAYER: It's a one-woman shop. DAVIES: You know, there's one case about the January 6 assault on the Capitol that's already come before the court. Throughout this 2018 thriller flick directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, we see a certain tension build in the aura of the lighthouse. He said she's - basically sees the world as either you're part of her little group or you're an enemy. When Thomas bursts through the door, he sees Donalds corpse next to James as he kills him as well. Her latest article is about the conservative activism of Ginni Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. We are TOI.News and we provide Top Latest Breaking News of Entertainment, Game Guide, Sports News, etc. It's kind of an unwatched area that's exploding. They were - he looks at them as kind of the beginning of the modern, crazy right wing. This is FRESH AIR. What do the legal scholars you talked to think about this position of Roberts? SAN DIEGO -- Officials have identified a body pulled from the San Diego bay two months ago as Elizabeth Sullivan, a 31-year-old Navy wife and mother of two who had vanished two years before from . It was the one person that he listened to, according to his friends. He reassures Thomas that everything is fine and that is what he wants. James was a family man who loved his wife and children and would do anything for them. And the reason is there's a feeling that it's becoming just another - you know, the justices are just politicians in robes. She has long-standing ties that go back to 2013, when she was in a kind of political group with Ali Alexander, who was one of the organizers of that event. Thomas is seen secretly opening the safe in the middle of the night as he asked the others not to open it. This is not a matter of picking on Justice Clarence Thomas for some reason. First of all, just explain what an amicus brief is. And she had given an award to somebody named Kimberly Fletcher, who runs Moms for America, which also was involved in the protests. He thought that killing Donald would ease his mind, but that only aggravated his condition and drove him to kill himself. SPOILERS AHEAD! But, again, the issue, as he put it, is, what can they do about it? But things look up when James comes back to them and seems to be himself again. Hardcover, 343 pages. Thomas is seen as distant and in grief throughout the movie. Right now Stephen Breyer, his brother, Charles Breyer, is a federal judge in San Francisco, and Stephen Breyer will not take any case that his brother has been involved in in order to, again, sidestep any kind of family conflicts. They find a few random items, like shoes and some clothes, and the precious gold bars are tucked away at the bottom of the box. As Thomas throws the body overboard, James voluntarily steps into the sea and drowns himself. It was a plot shock that few saw coming, and one which will have lasting ramifications. What we know is that for months, Ginni Thomas had been trying to get into the White House to have the meeting with President Trump. You want to explain what it is and what Ginni Thomas' role is? Was Justice Thomas the only vote against requiring their release? James is past the point where he can understand reason and logic. A few gold bars were the focus of the gripping thriller, bringing out the greed in every man on the island. When Thomas bursts through the door, he sees Donalds dead body beside James as he kills him too. But the chapel scene implies there were unresolved issues between the couple and they couldnt forgive each other afterwards. But Jamess intentions were different, as his unhinged mind wanted the cruelty to end. Article continues below advertisement. cries Theda Thomas, sliding toward the edge of her seat. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer discusses the conservative beliefs and influence of Ginni Thomas, an activist who's been associated with some groups involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. He discovers the hidden gold and immediately packs up the chest as it was. Underbelly: Vanishing Act screens on April 3-4 on Nine at 8.45pm. DAVIES: And what do we know of its work and its clients? It is later revealed that Thomas wife and twin children died a few years ago. Good question. But I think, you know, it's interesting to me. Her latest article in the magazine is titled "Is Ginni Thomas A Threat To The Supreme Court?" No specific indication was given about the dogs whereabouts. Only the remaining keepers board the boat, while Jed remains in the lighthouse. Barney (Jeff Bridges) is a disturbed man intent on abducting a woman. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Follow and Subscribe to Our YouTube, Instagram and Twitter Twitter,YoutubeandInstagram. She basically talks about - in one speech about how the enemies of America, who she defines as the left, are trying to kill people like herself. The Vanishing locations are primarily located in Washington with . DAVIES: Jane Mayer is a staff writer and chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. There was an effort to plan a sting that would have involved setting McMaster up. Ginni Thomas is on the advisory board of the National Association of Scholars, a conservative group that has filed an amicus brief in the Harvard case. Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Vanished' on Netflix, Where Thomas Jane And Anne Heche Are A Couple With An RV And A Secret. And people I interviewed suggest that, you know, that she would never have ever been in there except for who she was married to. So the standard for the other judges, not the justices, is not just a financial benefit standard. The bridge took 17 months to build. Rather than having this conflict in front of them and a brief that's submitted by someone that they may know too well, such as a spouse or a group that a spouse is involved in, they can say, don't file that brief. The plan goes sideways when some men come to the island looking for their cargo and the missing man. She was a law student. Though the justices generally try to conform to the code, compliance is not mandatory, and to date the high court has resisted establishing its own code of conduct. You know, there's a certain amount of sort of gray area in there. You wrote a terrific book about this, by the way - "Strange Justice" is the name - with Jill Abramson. We also see Thomas lighting three candles in the chapel while reciting three names Jessica, Freya, and Cathy. Her latest article is about the conservative activism and influence of Ginni Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam Briger, Roberta Shorrock, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Ann Marie Baldonado, Seth Kelley and Kayla Lattimore. But what he said was that he thought that Ginni Thomas is - her behavior is reprehensible. why is accuracy important in customer service. Then, of course, those protests turned into a violent storming of the Capitol that we've all seen. Understanding Jamess pain and agony, Thomas agrees to his dying wish and holds his head underwater. The problems could have arisen because of the death of their children, as it is difficult for many couples to deal with such a tragedy. Ultimately, Thomas and James venture into the sea with their precious gold and Donalds dead body. So where's this coming from? 1936New York City. MAYER: Yeah, it did. Filmed in 1993, The Vanishing is a psychological thriller starring Sandra Bullock, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, and Nancy Travis. His contribution to the plot isnt much, but he barks when an unknown person enters the lighthouse. They had undercover women who were going to try to meet with him in a restaurant and get him to sort of loosen up and say inappropriate things about Trump, and they were going to surreptitiously tape him. This event makes them waver off their principal duties, and greed drives them to do ugly things. Mayer also talks to legal scholars who raise concerns about Ginni Thomas' activities. Although Kathy does her best to stay out of the limelight and keep her life private, it makes sense to be curious about such an influential US figure's life and past relationships and how they ensued. And so he needed all the allies he could get. James was a family man who loved his wife and children and would do anything for them. It's the custody of Jack Ryan that's tricky. MAYER: Well, I mean, one of the issues that may come in front of the court is whether targets of the January 6 committee need to cooperate with it. And they brought this list to the White House and delivered it to Trump and said that basically these people need to be fired. It's clear from, you know, having interviewed tons of people about this that there needs to be some clarification here because it appears to be kind of a - as I said, kind of a glitch or a loophole. MAYER: He was the only vote that - Trump side and said that Trump didn't need to release his documents, his papers to the January 6 committee. So he had his reasons for wanting to kind of go along with and stay on good terms with Justice Thomas. Captain Shah's wife and children had moved out of the family home the day before the plane's disappearance, and a route plotted on the captain's home flight simulator closely followed that . DAVIES: So I'd like you to give us a sense of Ginni Thomas' political views. Mayer reports that Ginni Thomas holds extreme right-wing views. He had a case where his organization came up in front of the court, the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court falls under the Ethics in Government Act, as do other branches of the government, and that requires that the Supreme Court justices disclose some things about their financial interests, publicly. The keepers are torn between keeping the chest locked as per protocol and opening it to find something valuable. Two days later, the circumstances of its disappearance remain cloaked in mystery. And as you say, given Clarence Thomas' record and his point of view, he might very well have upheld that Muslim ban anyway. What the court does now is it says it self-enforces and tries to abide by the code of the other judges. One of the other things you noted in the piece I find interesting is that, in some cases, attorneys who have cases before the Supreme Court feel like they discover that, you know, they have an opponent, which is the other party than their attorneys', but they also have another opponent in Ginni Thomas. We also see Thomas lighting three candles in the chapel while reciting three . The most recent Gallup poll showed that it had hit historic lows in terms of Americans' respect for the court. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. But it's the aura, again, that we get back to here, which is the image problem, the appearance of a conflict of interest that undermines the public confidence that the court is ruling in favor of justice rather than in favor of a justice's pocketbook. Lets find out. And they presented what they said were better people, their friends, who should be hired. A small relief boat approaches a tiny, isolated island where a lighthouse is located. MAYER: So I wondered about this, too. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has decided to retire, giving President Biden the opportunity to fulfill his promise of naming a Black woman to the nation's highest court. Miranda and Eric end up on the unfortunate receiving end of the Michaelson's fury after the couple accuses them of kidnapping Taylor. DAVIES: Nobody would know from the justice's financial disclosure forms. Christie was 36 at the time and had already published several detective novels, including "The Secret Adversary" and "The Murder on the Links.". She's a director of a group called C.N.P. The Vanishing Ending: Why Did Thomas Kill James? The death of their children is also mentioned in passing, with no concrete answer or explanation given.
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