Associated Press recently noted that it’s been two years and more than 140 cases since U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked a question during the court’s oral arguments. “If I think a question will help me decide a case, then I’ll ask that question,†he said in a C-SPAN interview last fall. “Otherwise, it’s not worth asking because it detracts from my job.†True, some of his colleagues can be chatty to a fault, but isn’t an inquiring mind essential to a justice’s job, and to justice?
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