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While I share your sentiments regarding Thomas' uncompromising position on judicial restraint and muted participation in oral arguments, its his unwillingness to capitulate to public opinion or his liberal colleagues on the bench that enchanted Scalia and the late Rehnquist. He is often portrayed as Scalia's yes-man, but from what I've read, he pigeon-holes himself into polarizing positions on his own accord and this emboldens Scalia who often polishes the logic. Whatever he may lack in "intelligence", he more than makes up for it with big, stifling, Georgia-heat-sweaty, right-wing balls. Thats why he officiated pillhead Rush Limbaughs third wedding (or was it his fourth).
Funny thing about Souter, is that he was appointed by Bush Sr. who believed he would employ a conservative approach to adjudication. That obviously did not work to well. From a conservative ideological standpoint, Souter was the worst supreme court appointment a president could make.
When Bush Sr. appointed Thomas, he made up for that and then some...
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