New cases may signal Clarence Thomas’ moment

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The first Monday in October marked the beginning of Clarence Thomas’s third decade on the U.S. Supreme Court. When the Court accepted a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 last week, the current term also became Thomas’s best chance for leaving a lasting legacy on American law.

To date, Thomas’s powerful voice has been heard almost exclusively through his concurring and dissenting opinions rather than in opinions for the Court. But that may change this term with two landmark cases.

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