Breaking: Justice Thomas Ends 7-Year Oral Argument Silence

The Washington Post reports that Justice Clarence Thomas broke his nearly 7-year silence at oral argument today, but that nobody is quite sure what he said.  Justice Thomas has explained his self-imposed silence by saying that he thinks the justices spend too much time questioning lawyers at oral arguments rather than letting them complete their answers and their thoughts. Jeffrey Toobin at the New Yorker says the remarks were somehow lightheartedly at the expense of Yale Law School; Adam Liptak at the New York Times concurs.