Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday broke his three-year silence at the Supreme Court by asking questions during arguments in a racial discrimination case involving a black man who has faced six trials for a quadruple homicide in the 1990s.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> It was the first time that Thomas, the court's only black justice, asked a question since 2016. Before that, Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991, had gone a decade without asking a question.
The justices are reviewing whether district attorney Doug Evans, who prosecuted Flowers over more than a decade, violated the Constitution by excluding black jurors. Thomas's question concerned whether any white jurors were also excluded. But in the final minutes of the argument, Thomas, who is often referred to as the court's most ardent conservative, wanted to know if any white jurors had also been struck from the jury.
When she said that there were challenges, Thomas asked:"And what was the race of the jurors struck there?""But I would add that the motive — her motivation is not the question here. The question is the motivation of Doug Evans," Johnson said.Thomas's questions and previous votes suggest that he could vote against Flowers in the matter. Thomas was the lone dissenter in a similar 2016 case, Foster v. Chatman.
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