Politics

A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes

THE SAME, ONLY WORSE

Our courts have always been political. And as our political life grows more divided and acrimonious, so will our legal system.

Jedediah Purdy
Jedediah Purdy
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Jedediah Purdy

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