Opinion | Supreme Court: Hyper-Partisan, Ethically Challenged, and Lazy – By Jason Kandel (Law and Crime) / June 3, 2023
The Supreme Court’s reputation and legitimacy are in tatters. According to the most recent Gallup survey, 58% of Americans disapprove of the work of the Court, the highest ever. Why does the Court face such disdain?
The indisputable partisanship of the Justices is one big reason. The fiercely conservative approach to judging undermines the argument that Justices decide cases based on legal principles rather than politics or ideology.
When Justice Amy Coney Barrett announced that “We’re not a bunch of partisan hacks,” derision followed. The fact that the six conservatives on the Court are acolytes of the Federalist Society — the most conservative legal organization in America — and owe their judgeships in large part to support from that group is troubling but not surprising.
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