The conservative justice was not present for oral arguments on Monday, but the court did not provide a reason why.

The conservative justice was not present for oral arguments on Monday, but the court did not provide a reason why.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was not present at the court for oral arguments on Monday, with the court giving no reason for his absence.

Chief Justice John Roberts said in court that Thomas “is not on the bench today” but would “participate fully” in the two cases being argued based on the briefs and transcripts.

A court spokeswoman had no further information.

Thomas, 75, is the eldest of the nine justices. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority.

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    106·
    9 months ago

    When they didn’t avoid the situation that allowed turtleman to obstruct Obama’s nomination for almost a year by not beinging it before the Senate in a blatant abuse of power.

    Then they didn’t keep another Republican nominee from being rammed through in the last few months before Biden took office.

    Since then they have not addressed the underlying issue of whether congress is obligated to consider nominees. They also won’t get rid of the filibuster, which would take a simple majority to remove.

    • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
      72·
      9 months ago

      When they didn’t avoid the situation that allowed turtleman to obstruct Obama’s nomination for almost a year by not beinging it before the Senate in a blatant abuse of power.

      Avoid it how? What specifically would you have liked them to do?