Revealed: Ginni Thomas’s links to anti-abortion groups who lobbied to overturn Roe

Thomas herself has denied any conflict of interest between her activism and her husband's jurisprudence. She told the Washington Free Beacon earlier this year: "We have our own separate careers, and our own ideas and opinions too. Clarence doesn't discuss his work with me, and I don't involve him in my work." 

Whether that is true is perhaps a moot point, given that the mere appearance of conflict of interest can in itself damage an institution's reputation. Already, the supreme court is viewed unfavourably by 44% of the American people according to a Pew Research Center poll, with only 16% thinking they do an excellent or good job keeping their personal political views out of their decisions. 

"The supreme court is unlike any other branch because it only has its legitimacy to make the public adhere to what it does. Lose that and the court loses the kind of institutional pull that makes the law come together and bind us," Murray said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/09/ginni-thomas-abortion-roe-v-wade-supreme-court