But toward the end of arguments on Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas broke his decadelong silence on the bench to speak up for gun rights. His sharp questions raised the possibility that Thomas could fill the conservative vacuum created when Justice
a sentencing review despite having played a role in the case earlier as a prosecutor. But the business of the day was upstaged when Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas startled observers by asking questions of attorneys in court for the first
Justice Clarence Thomas reflected on his long journey from childhood poverty to service on the highest court in the land, telling a conservative audience Thursday, November 14, 2013, "I have this wonderful opportunity to go to work everyday- I didn't
It took a case involving the Second Amendment to break Justice Clarence Thomas' 10-year silence. The Supreme Court justice, who last asked a question in court on Feb. 22, 2006, engaged in a back-and-forth with Justice Department lawyer Ilana Eisenstein
This is the issue so close to Clarence Thomas's heart that he breaks a 10-year silence. And it's one of many issues where President Obama's choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia could make a difference—if Senate Republicans don't stand in the way.