02-25-2008, 10:22 PM
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Machiavelli Incarnate
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Clarence Thomas no questions for two years
The token black Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has not asked a question for two years. Even after all these years, Scalia's yes man continues to prove how unqualified he was for the job. Guess he's waiting for Antonio to tell him what to do.
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NGTON - Two years and 144 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments. It is a period of unbroken silence that contrasts with the rest of the court's unceasing inquiries.
Hardly a case goes by, including two appeals that were argued Monday, without eight justices peppering lawyers with questions. Oral arguments offer justices the chance to resolve nagging doubts about a case, probe its weaknesses or make a point to their colleagues.
Left, right and center, the justices ask and they ask and they ask. Sometimes they debate each other, leaving the lawyer at the podium helpless to jump in. "I think you're handling these questions very well," Chief Justice John Roberts quipped to a lawyer recently in the midst of one such exchange.
Leaning back in his leather chair, often looking up at the ceiling, Thomas takes it all in, but he never joins in.
Monday was no different. Thomas said nothing.
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Thomas: no questions in 2 years - Yahoo! News
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