We must reject the effort of Bouie and others to delegitimize the Court, for it relies on an underlying mischaracterization of the judiciary’s role in our system.
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An abortion-rights protester holds up a sign with images of U.S. Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas during a march in in New York City, May 14, 2022.
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‘The problem of the Supreme Court is that it is a powerful and unaccountable branch of government.”
For most of the last 50 years, one would have assumed this quote to be from a political conservative, as the modern Right often advocates “judicial restraint” and seeks out judges who defer to and respect the people’s will as expressed through the states and other branches of the federal government.
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Adam M. Carrington is an associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College.
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‘The problem of the Supreme Court is that it is a powerful and unaccountable branch of government.”
For most of the last 50 years, one would have assumed this quote to be from a political conservative, as the modern Right often advocates “judicial restraint” and seeks out judges who defer to and respect the people’s will as expressed through the states and other branches of the federal government.
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Adam M. Carrington is an associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College.
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