The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has launched a tea-party-linked lobbying group named Liberty Central. Virginia Thomas says her organization will organize activism around a set of conservative core principles and will be funded in part by corporate donations. During a recent panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Thomas said, “I adore all the new citizen patriots who are rising up across this country.” Legal experts say the new organization could pose conflicts of interest for Justice Thomas, particularly those involving donors to his wife’s nonprofit.