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    Justice Thomas’ anniversary

    Today marked a milestone for one of the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Today’s Court session concluded without Justice Clarence Thomas asking a question or making a comment during oral arguments, making it a full six years since he has done so. The last comment from the justice during oral arguments came on Feb. 22, 2006.

    The only time visitors to the court room hear Thomas’ fairly booming baritone is when the Court announces an opinion that the justice has authored – like yesterday, when he summarized the Court’s ruling in Kawashima v. Holder.

    This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 1:47 pm and is filed under Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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    One Response to “Justice Thomas’ anniversary”

    1. Steve Lash says:
      February 23, 2012 at 9:47 pm

      It’s not necessarily the quantity but the quality. Justice Thomas has arguably asked the two most compelling questions during oral arguments in the past 20 years (see oral arguments in Robinson v. Shell Oil Co., Nov. 6, 1996, and Virginia v. Black, Dec. 11, 2002).

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