[sinkspur]

He/She is expected to write opinions

Clarence Thomas has written two or three opinions in 14 years. Not very distinguished, huh?

It is difficult enough to articulate a coherent opinion in a First Amendment case. Try articulating an opinion on an anti-trust case or one involving the applicability of provisions of ERISA or a trade agreement.

I suspect a corporate lawyer like Miers is imminently more qualified to write these business opinions than some ivory tower nerd like Stephen Breyer or Anthony Kennedy.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Actually Thomas has written a number of opinions. They are oftern concurrences or dissents. They are cogent and brilliant.

Second, being a litigator does not prepare you for writing an antitrust or ERISA opinion. These are very arcane and difficult areas of the law.

[irishjuggler]

Clarence Thomas has written two or three opinions in 14 years.

Total lie. Clarence Thomas written dozens of majority opinions and dissents.

By 1995, according to an analysis by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thomas had become the second most prolific opinion writer on the court. He has authored some of the longest separate opinions in the history of the court, opinions that are sometimes longer than those of the majority.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/weekly/standard082699.asp

[SpringheelJack]

Clarence Thomas has written two or three opinions in 14 years. Not very distinguished, huh?

Utterly false. You're either stupid or a liar.

http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/author.php?Thomas#OPIN