WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas stunned lawyers, reporters and others at the Supreme Court on Monday when he posed questions during an oral argument for the first time in 10 years.
It was the second week the court has heard arguments since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Thomas' friend and fellow conservative. Thomas for years sat directly to Scalia's right. Scalia's chair is now draped in black in a tribute to his death on Feb. 13.
BOSTON – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted Boston Marathon bomber, worked with his slain brother, Tamerlan, to collect components of the two pressure-cooker bombs they used to kill three people and injure hundreds of others and didn't tell anyone else about their plan, which may have been at least a year in the making, newly disclosed FBI documents show.
The Cambridge residents built the bombs in Tamerlan's apartment on Norfolk Street near Inman Square, according to information from interviews with the younger brother from his Beth Israel Deaconess hospital bed where he was recovering from wounds he received during his capture April 19, 2013. According to NEC.com, the FBI produced heavily redacted copies of its reports as part of a court case involving one of the bomber's friends, Robel Phillipos, who was convicted of lying to federal investigators. Phillipos has appealed.
