Last week, Justice Thomas spoke at a conference in Dallas. I transcribed his remarks in this post. At various points, Justice Thomas waxed nostalgically about the Rehnquist Court. And he observed that the Court has changed over the past two decades.
Well, I'm just worried about keeping it at the court now. This is not the court of that era. I sat with Ruth Ginsburg for almost 30 years. And she was actually an easy colleague for me. You knew where she was and she was a nice person to deal with Sandra Day O'Connor you can say the same thing, David Souter, I can go on down the list. Nino was, he could be agitated but then he forgot he was agitated. But it was it was a the court that was together 11 years was a fabulous court. It was one you look forward to being a part of. . . .
Later, Thomas said the old Rehnquist Court was different than the current Roberts Court.
