Thomas Breaks His Silence

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke his seven-year silence on the Supreme Court yesterday but the official transcript shows he said just four words.

Tom Goldstein: “Wow, slow news day. On the Supreme Court front, the chatter has been over the sentence Justice Thomas interjected during today’s oral argument in Boyer v. Louisiana. Some of the commentary has devolved into psychoanalysis of the Justice’s supposed hostility towards Yale Law School. The real question to be asked is: can you take a joke?”