Author of 835 Opinions

     Justice Clarence Thomas became the second-longest serving member of the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. 

     President George H.W. Bush nominated Thomas to the court in 1991. During his 34 years on the bench, Thomas had authored 835 opinions by the end of June. His most cited majority opinion was a case involving discrimination in the workplace. 

Bekah Bernhardt, WORLD magazine

     Most of his majority opinions have involved economic disputes. He famously authored a court opinion in 2022 that upheld a right to bear firearms in public. Thomas also wrote a concurring opinion in the case overturning Roe v. Wade. During a speech, Thomas reflected on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and how it has shaped his life and legal perspective. 

     He said, We should not forget that the Declaration established the principles that produced - despite all our imperfections, our miscues and our tragic mistakes - the freest, wealthiest and most powerful nation in the history of the world. 

     It (the Declaration) provided the moral principles by which Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King would criticize the institutions of slavery and segregation. 

     If Thomas, 77, remains on the bench until 2028, he may replace Justice William O. Douglas for longest Supreme Court career. 

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