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The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself
The justices don’t speak a common language, even with each other.
The legal profession is much like a priesthood; both lawyers and theologians interpret a central text, be it the Bible, the Quran, the Gita, or the Constitution. We bury ourselves in canonical commentaries on that text. And we are all supplicants to beings much more powerful than ourselves.
Which explains why I’ve spent the past few years contemplating what happens when God goes mad.
Get the latest developments on the US Supreme Court from senior correspondent Ian Millhiser.
The Supreme Court wrapped up its most recent term during a bizarrely haphazard celebration of the United States’ 250th birthday. And it has struggled to articulate a coherent vision of the Constitution no less than President Donald Trump has struggled to keep the National Mall’s reflecting pool clear during that celebration.
Three ways to fix the US supreme court, with Elie Mystal – Stateside with Kai and Carter
This term, the US supreme court handed down decisions on issues ranging from voting rights to immigration and birthright citizenship, reshaping life for millions of people. Kai Wright speaks with Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for the Nation, about how the court got all its power in the first place, and why Mystal thinks court reforms to rein in that power aren’t just constitutional – they’re necessary.
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Democrats should get on board with Supreme Court expansion – fast
Letting the president fire the leaders of once-independent agencies. Allowing the administration to scrap protections for refugees. And coming dangerously close to rewriting the Constitution to end birthright citizenship.
The only thing that could make the latest spate of Supreme Court decisions worse was the apparently erroneous publication of an NPR piece claiming that Justice Samuel Alito was resigning from the Court. The story was ultimately retracted and all requisite apologies given, but the piece was a chilling reminder that there is still plenty of time for President Donald Trump and his Republican-controlled Senate to seat a young — and assuredly hardline — rightwing justice in the event that Alito, 76, or either of Chief Justice John Roberts, 71, or Justice Clarence Thomas, 77, decide to retire while a conservative replacement is guaranteed.
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