Who is Clarence Thomas?
Silent for a decade, he went from activist to conservative justice
The Supreme Court justices were hearing oral arguments when the court room went silent.
“One question,” Clarence Thomas said during a hearing before the court in February, 2016. The case was over two men who argued that their guilty pleas in a domestic violence case should not ban them from owning guns. “This is a misdemeanor violation. It suspends a co…