Justice Thomas returns to Supreme Court bench to hear oral arguments following illness

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has returned to the bench following an illness and hospitalization that had kept him from work for roughly a month. Thomas, 73, appeared Monday in person for oral arguments on several cases.
The conservative jurist had been hospitalized at Sibley Memorial Hospital, in Washington, D.C. on March 18, where he was treated for an infection and discharged a week later.
His first post-hospital public appearance was April 8, when he posed for a photo-op with Herschel Walker, a Republican running for the Senate seat in Georgia. 
A court spokesperson said Thomas has flu-like symptoms but did not have COVID-19. 
Thomas’ illness and subsequent absence coincided with the public disclosure and subsequent controversy over wife Ginni Thomas’ communication with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows round the time of the Jan. 6 C …

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