Scalia, who is seventy-seven, often takes a barbed tone with the lawyers, and Ginsburg, who is eighty, is more polite, if no less insistent. Both of them set the tone with their ideologically opposed positions. They offer an early clue as to whether the Court will divide along familiar left-right grounds.
Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer. Oddly, these two, both Northern Californians, are starting to resemble each other physically in their eighth decades. Both sit in similar ways, hunched forward, with the fingers of their right hands splayed between forehead and bald head.
Kennedy asks questions in a tone of grave concern; Breyer, in his twentieth year on the Court, is still having the time of his life. He laughs at all the jokes, especially his own. Samuel Alito and John Roberts. Alito sits like a sphinx: his face gives away nothing, but his questions invariably tease out the weak parts of an opposing argument. It is wise to listen closely to these two; they are rarely on the losing side.
Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Sotomayor leans forward, her right forearm aimed skyward and nearly covered in bracelets; she burrows into the facts of cases in extraordinary detail. Kagan takes the opposite tack. They took Thomas at his word that he just didn't think questions were all that helpful. I will miss that," Carter Phillips , who has argued more Supreme Court cases than any other lawyer in private practice, told Business Insider in an email after Scalia's death.
Phillips added: " Prior to him, the normal argument might generate questions in 30 minutes. Sometimes even fewer. He [Scalia] would ask questions by himself. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. In November, he asked questions about the Republican challenge to Obamacare.
The prevailing explanation among Thomas watchers for his shocking new volubility is that he is more comfortable with the pandemic-era telephone format of the arguments, in which the justices ask questions one at a time in order of seniority, rather than butting in and interrupting whenever they choose. It was a mark of oddity for sure, but also of distinction. A little humility never hurt anyone. By keeping quiet, Thomas not only struck a blow for humility; he helped get everyone out the door in time for lunch.
Then, in , Thomas broke his year no-question streak. The Guardian reported audible gasps. Chief Justice John Roberts swiveled his head in surprise, according to news reports. But then he went another three years before asking another one. Talk about embarrassing and disgraceful. Doctor: This is why I want children to get vaccinated at school. Unexpected result that wasn't reported to NIH leads to questions about Wuhan lab.
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