US Justice Clarence Thomas breaks 7-year silence
- Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 09.45
- Online news: World
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas caused a major stir when he broke a nearly seven-year silence this week to crack a joke during oral arguments in a case before the highest court in the land.
US Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas (L) and Antonin Scalia, during an official photo session on October 8, 2010 at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Thomas caused a major stir when he broke a nearly seven-year silence this week to crack a joke during oral arguments in a case before the highest court in the land.
Since 2006, the sole African American Supreme Court justice had stopped partaking in debates, saying that "when somebody's talking, somebody ought to listen."
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