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Posted: October 24, 2009 at 6:22 a.m.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who hasn’t asked an attorney a question during oral arguments before the Supreme Court since 2006, told law students at the University of Alabama that the court’s nine justices virtually always know where they stand on a case by reading legal briefs before oral arguments are presented so there’s no need for justices to “beat up” on attorneys.
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