The backlash to these nonviolent Supreme Court protests exposes a much deeper problem.
that abridges the right to assemble outside courts and judges’ homes, based on the principle that protests could obstruct justice. But it’s unclear if the statute really can be used decisively to suppress judiciary-oriented protests, and the fact that many protests have occurred outside the Supreme Court raises questions about whether it has been — or will be — enforced.
The notion that the Supreme Court is involved in a process that is in some sense objective and purely evidence-based is nonsense. If that were true, then Roe v.
This is all to say that the judicial branch, just like the executive and legislative branches, is involved in the business of politics. Court justices reckon with political questions in a more technical manner than lawmakers and presidents, and should indeed be guided by a sense of justice, not popularity. But that institutional imperative does not mean its judgment calls transcend ideology, and that its conclusions should be immune from citizen response.
Justice Clarence Thomas suggested last week that the outrage over the draft opinion could be seen as an
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