That the Supreme Court is ethically compromised has become almost comically obvious. Recent sweeping decisions, from the overturning of Roe v. Wade to the dismantling of affirmative action, to the extension of innocent Americans’ prison sentences, have been handed down in the midst of myriad scandals involving justices and their wealthy, purportedly uncorrupt friends. The high court, now dominated by conservatives, is not just independent but dangerously rogue. For Issue...
For the first time in years, there are signs that liberals are ready to give up their infatuation with the Supreme Court. While it has not come easy, it is long past time. And there are promising avenues for reform on the horizon that could wrest control from right-wing ideologues on the bench. Liberals’ past resistance to reform has seemed connected to their belief in an old story about the...