Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returns to bench after illness, hospitalization Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Monday after a serious illness that kept him out of public view during a controversy over his wife’s support for former President Donald Trump’s election lies.
The conservative jurist appeared in person for oral arguments on several cases.
Thomas, 73, was hospitalized with “flu-like symptoms” at Sibley Memorial Hospital on March 18 and treated for an infection with intravenous antibiotics. The court said that Thomas did not have COVID-19, and he was discharged a week later.
He returned to the public limelight on April 8 when he posed for photos with Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former NFL football star Herschel Walker.
Thomas, an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush, has been on the court since 1991.
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