Of course the Supreme Court has been politicised
Public bickering among the justices is the least of the reasons why
Someone sure is getting on Sam Alito’s nerves. Mr Alito, of the six-member conservative majority on the Supreme Court, recently huffed to the Wall Street Journal that while people are free (“it goes without saying”, he said) to criticise the justices’ reasoning, “saying or implying” the court is becoming illegitimate “crosses an important line”.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Legitimate childishness”
United States October 15th 2022
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