Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on March 23 missed his third consecutive day of oral arguments after being hospitalized earlier in the month as the court refuses to provide an update on his condition. Thomas, 73, “is unable to be present today,” Chief Justice John Roberts told the court, before continuing to repeat a line word-for-word about the justice participating in the decisions on all the cases the court has been hearing. Thomas began missing oral arguments on Monday, a day after a court spokeswoman revealed he had been hospitalized with an infection on Friday. The spokeswoman told The Epoch Times that the infection is not related to COVID-19 but declined to share more details on the justice’s condition. In a statement that day, the court said Thomas was “resting comfortably” and “his symptoms are abating.” It also said he was expected to be discharged from the hospital “in a day …