Clarence Thomas: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a Huntington audience Monday that "the rapid pace of computer and information technology change" means new and ever-daunting legal conundrums for the nation's highest court, The Associated Press reports.

"Issues like abortion will be rendered almost simple compared to the issues we will face,'' Thomas told a crowd at an AARP-sponsored event at Marshall University.

The AP's Tom Breen also reports that Thomas touched on the unique nature of the court in this era of the 24-hour news cycle and endless spin.

"The real hard part of our work is behind closed doors,'' Thomas said. "We don't have a PR machine. We don't have town hall meetings. We're referees and none of us thinks a referee can make up rules as they go along.''

The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington covered the speech as well, and like AP noted that it marked the first visit by justice to the college named for the father of U.S. judicial review, Chief Justice John Marshall.