The long-silent jurist makes some noise as the Supreme Court shifts to teleconferenced arguments
WASHINGTON—Justice Clarence Thomas’s years of silence during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments have left him hidden in plain sight, but his emergence during the court’s telephonic hearings served notice that he remains an active, if idiosyncratic, participant in the court’s deliberations.
Empowered by the court’s orderly format during the coronavirus, under which justices speak in order of seniority rather than jump in at will, Justice Thomas has said more during oral arguments this week than he has in many years combined,...
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