Thomas Reflects on ‘Deeper’ Bonds During Early High Court Tenure

Clarence Thomas misses the justices with whom he served early in his tenure on the US Supreme Court.

“The friendships I made and the bonds were much, much deeper than, I think, I’m able to form now,” Thomas said Thursday at a judicial conference in Aventura, Florida. “I came of age on that court.”

Thomas, who last week became the second-longest-ever serving justice, said the high court bench that served together for 11 years “will always be my favorite.”

He was referring to the period when he served alongside Chief Justice William Rehnquist as well as Justices John Paul Stevens, ...