judicial legitimacy

2 briefs

power 2026-05-07

Roberts Says the Supreme Court Is Not Political. He Said It the Day After a Partisan Redistricting Ruling.

The Chief Justice went to a judicial conference in Pennsylvania to defend the Court against 'political actor' charges, one day after a 6-3 party-line vote stripped majority-Black districts in Louisiana.

power 2026-04-23

The Court That Stopped Explaining Itself

Leaked memos show Roberts built the shadow docket in private to kill policies he couldn't stop openly. The court's legitimacy crisis is now documented from the inside.