How can a sentient judge, responsible for casting a deciding vote in a 5-4 case -- that is widely said to be the most important of the decade -- sit through the proceedings mute for six hours?

After all the issues raised this year about the Associate Justice, you'd think he would be calling for an official investigation just to clear his name. But no. Aside some elliptical references to the waters rising around him, Mr. Thomas seems to think silence is his best bet.