HuffPost reports that she didn’t hesitate to get into the thick of things right away. There were two cases on the docket on the Court’s opening day, and Justice Sotomayor questioned the attorneys vigorously on both. McClatchy (quoted in the HuffPost piece), reports that “In just an hour, the court’s newest justice asked more questions than Justice Clarence Thomas has asked” in years. Of course, that’s not hard to do. Thomas never asks questions. What’s more impressive is that Sotomayor asked more questions than the most loquacious justice on the bench.
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