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Can a Supreme Court justice effectively perform his duties without participating in oral arguments?

Click here for the discussion :

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/02/16/does-clarence-thomass-silence-matter/the-lone-dissenter

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New York Times? Get a rope.

It might be a worthwhile discussion if it was in a paper with a wider readership, like the Tri-State Defender or any law journal.