As a matter of fact, Thomas had a hell of a lot to say today, just none of it into the microphone. He spent a good portion of the arguments talking with Breyer on this left and, much less often, with Kennedy on his right. When he wasn’t quietly joking with his neighbors, he was very clearly reading a book. Admittedly, it looked like a law book, but it didn’t seem to have any relevance to anything that was going on in court.

Reading a book seemed pretty rude.