“Man asks question” rarely rises to the level of breaking news, but when that man is Clarence Thomas, who hasn’t asked a question from the bench in over a decade, you get this:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asks several questions during arguments in gun rights case - @KimberlyRobinsn https://t.co/EPqczILlRz
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 29, 2016
The case before him involves a federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of domestic violence from purchasing and owning a gun. According to the AP, Thomas questioned a lawyer from the Justice Department about whether violating a law suspends a person’s constitutional rights.
It was just last week when Thomas celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his last question. In a cruel twist of fate though, because of the intergalactic rules of Leap Day, Thomas’s questions don’t actually count in the real world. See you again in 2026, Clarence!