financially invested, there is tho indication she has a financial interest in cases before the high court. clarence thomas does not hold the views he holds because of any one person. justices are going to have spouses that have the right to have opinions, and be involved and engaged and i trust justice thomas and other members on the supreme court bench to do what is right. reporter: but the debate has continued because of ginni thomas ties to another issue before the court. she sits on the advisory board of a conservative group, national association scholars, that organization submitted two legal briefs to the supreme court in favor of plaintiffs challenging affirmative action and admissions at two universities. peter wood is president of the organization and says ginni thomas played no role in the legal briefs. none whatsoever, as far as i know, she doesn t even know that we filed such briefs. i don t talk about those sorts of issues with her. reporter: citizens for responsi