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Thomas has explained that in his opinion, he believes that he owes the two counsels making oral arguments the courtesy of listening to those arguments. He told a Virginia bar association, "If I invite you to argue your case, I should at least listen to you."

Justice Thomas has compared the Supreme Court's oral argument phase to Family Feud and he is also on record as stating that he group up comfortable with his oratory skills because he was teased about his rural Georgia dialect.

Justice Thomas has spoken during oral arguments before and he has delivered many opinions from the bench. The criticism of Thomas for not participating more often in oral arguments is just a continuation of the left's effort to portray him as unintelligent, or to paraphrase Thomas himself, it is a continuation of a high tech lynching.