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Wow, I shouldn't be surprised at this illogical question.
The justices are there to hear, i.e., listen...not to become argumentative or to showboat.
Have you ever stood before an appellate judge?
They are there to argue and question. Most times a lawyer won't get even a fraction of his or her prepared statements out before he or she is derailed by a barrage of questions from the bench.
He and Scalia undermined the neutrality of the high court when they attended an invitation only, closed to all press, strategy planning session organized by the Koch brothers. Supreme Court justices have to be beyond reproach--the entire idea of the court is that it be above the political process. SC justices have spoke about issues before when it was widely covered by the press, or to groups of law students or trade associations in more private settings, but never in a forum like this that's entirely partisan and private, and where it draws suspicion that they could very well have been part of the planning process.
Exactly! And then he is lecturing us about practicing our 1st amendment rights!
Most times a lawyer won't get even a fraction of his or her prepared statements out before he or she is derailed by a barrage of questions from the bench.
Yeah, that's what Thomas reportedly objects to. They are there to listen and historically have done so.
It's so ironic that courtroom procedure now seems to be defined by what Scalia does. And that Thomas is supposed to mimic that?
Thomas has commented that the current atmosphere is more like Family Feud than a courtroom.
Where do you get the idea that judges don't do this ALL THE TIME?
Good judges, interested judges, ASK QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME. Oral argument before an appellate court is often more like an interrogation than it is giving a speech.
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Yeah, that's what Thomas reportedly objects to. They are there to listen and historically have done so.
Then he's even dumber than I thought. No kidding he objects, because the pointed questions from the other judges - while getting none from him - make him look stupid.
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It's so ironic that courtroom procedure now seems to be defined by what Scalia does. And that Thomas is supposed to mimic that?
He couldn't if he tried, and what Scalia does IS standard procedure.
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Thomas has commented that the current atmosphere is more like Family Feud than a courtroom.
To him, it is.
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Liberals hate a black man with a mind of his own.
Just had to play the race card, didn't you? Thurgood Marshall asked questions.
You know who HE was, right?
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And that Thomas is supposed to mimic that? 
