Supreme Court JusticeĀ Clarence Thomas, 75, sparked raised eyebrows over his whereabouts when he was absent during oral arguments on Monday, and the Court provided no explanation.
Chief JusticeĀ John RobertsĀ addressed Thomasā lack of presence, according toĀ NBCĀ Newsā Lawrence Hurley, saying that Thomas āis not on the bench todayā but would āparticipate fullyā in the two cases being argued based on the briefs and transcripts.
āContext that may or may not be helpful: In the recent past, Justice Thomas phoned into oral arguments when he couldnāt attend in person, allowing him to ask questions remotely. He isnāt doing so this time,āĀ wroteĀ Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern on X, formerlyĀ Twitter.
The Democrats have the senate majority so would be able to, but they probably wouldnāt anyways following the precedent of Dems not getting a Justice during an election year.
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Joe Biden possibly/hopefully has another term. Obama did not. I think thatās the āreasonā McConnell felt like the next incoming President should choose. I donāt think Biden would give up a chance for a pick ever, but especially not if he has another term he could serve.
Well itās a solar eclipse year, we canāt do it now.
We canāt do it in years that start with ā20ā
As opposed to next near, where itās a non solar eclipse year. canāt use years with uh, non prime Numbers also? Democrats get primes, extremists get the rest (and primes)