Justice Thomas Keeps 5-Year Silence

The New York Times:

The anniversary will probably be observed in silence.

A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.

Read the whole story: The New York Times

Comments

[texfly]

02:50 PM on 02/25/2011

He used all his oral arguments on Anita Hill. Nuff said?

[LeftLeaner]

02:37 PM on 02/22/2011

The Peter Principle was nowhere more evident than here - the ultimate in supreme idiocy. I guess he can't get any higher than here.

[Ernest Adams]

03:30 AM on 02/19/2011

hmmmmm.... I wonder what his nephew calls him....?

[Ernest Adams]

03:33 AM on 02/19/2011

Or his niece.... I wonder...

[Euges]

12:26 AM on 02/18/2011

Thomas is not the first quiet justice. In the 1970s and 1980s, William J. Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, and Harry Blackmun were likewise generally quiet.[154][155] However, Thomas's silence stood out in the 1990s as the other eight justices engaged in active questioning.[155]

^ Garrow, David (October 6, 1996). "The Rehnquist Reins". New York Times Magazine.
^ a b Toobin 2007, pp. 106–107.

Toobin, Jeffrey (2007). The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. Random House. ISBN 978-0-385-51640-2.

[LeftLeaner]

02:38 PM on 02/22/2011

I guess by remaining quiet people won't realize how even dumber he is than we already know.

[Pat Pepe]

03:20 PM on 02/22/2011

Leftleaner give me a two(2) paragraph response as to how dumb Justice Thomas is. Please no skirting the answer no file in words no personal attacks just the facts, yes just the facts

[Joe Dallas]

10:25 PM on 02/22/2011

Try to read any of his opinions. Your statement shows how ignorant you really are.

[TOPCAT711]

09:28 PM on 02/15/2011

In the pocket of the Corleone Family (Koch Bros).

[LeftLeaner]

02:39 PM on 02/22/2011

He doesn't get paid to speak. I'm sure Papa Bush instructed him what his role was.

[LeftLeaner]

03:31 PM on 02/22/2011

A clear indication of a nation's decline is the calibre of its judicial system.

With the depths we have sunk to with this lot of thugs (the fascist five), our SUPREME justices (barf), how can anyone respect its laws.

[Wanda717]

09:13 PM on 02/15/2011

Maybe he is following that old saying . Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. IMHO

[Algebra Palin]

09:05 PM on 02/15/2011

funny how Thomas can be shortened to Tom.
it's as though he were destined to beg the question: 'is we sick boss?'
hahahahahahahahaaahahah

[luvsox]

08:58 PM on 02/15/2011

The article cleared up one misconception I had. His favorite movie is 'Saving Private Ryan.' I thought it was 'Shaving Ryan's Privates.' Honest mistake.

[bankalchemist]

05:36 PM on 02/20/2011

this is good....

[bleeplander]

08:55 PM on 02/15/2011

He should be impeached. 5 years and not a utterance, what a mental midget and an utter disgrace.

[interlude]

02:32 AM on 02/16/2011

Not necessarily a mental midget. He could already have his mind made up about how he's going to rule and is just going through the motions.

[disgusted48]

08:54 PM on 02/15/2011

the fact that bush I nominated this guy to the SC should automatically disqualify him from receiving any medals of any kind.

[Ponder this]

07:34 PM on 02/15/2011

The next vacancy on the Supreme Court should be filled by President Obama with:
-----------------------Anita Hill!

[cindyperry]

08:04 PM on 02/15/2011

she has enough moxy to do it but enough sense not to. too bad i think it would be grand.

[bankalchemist]

05:39 PM on 02/20/2011

while there is definitely Irony here and a good laugh....but Anita has to much class and respect for the office to go at it again. bankalchemist

[Heather Mantooth]

07:01 PM on 02/15/2011

It just shows that he's made up his mind about the case before the oral arguments are ever presented. He's probably made up his mind before he's even read the briefs.

[jsrl317]

06:47 PM on 02/15/2011

He's no Thurgood Marshall, let me tell you. The worst SC justice, next to Scalia, EVER!

[talos72]

06:47 PM on 02/15/2011

Justice Thomas has other major issues, the least of which is not talking. His and Scalia's associations with conservative groups, not to mention Thomas's wife's political involvements, should bring his judgement into question.

[denise4925]

06:45 PM on 02/15/2011

Why should he say anything? His wife does all of the talking for him. But in all seriousness, I don't buy his various reasons for not speaking or asking questions during oral argument before the court. He is such a liar. I think he does not ask questions because he has not done his homework or any work on the case prior to oral argument. I wonder if he even understands what the cases are about. He's nothing but a Bush prop and a token.

[jsrl317]

06:48 PM on 02/15/2011

Yes. He's not intellectually inquisitive.