Chief Justice Roberts (and other justices) have been going on a charm offensive to deny the blatant politicization of the Supreme Court. We think he’s full of BS. We discuss this and ways to depoliticize and restore faith in the Supreme Court (there are ways beyond court packing). And of course we discuss Biden’s new Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Sources:

https://www.newsweek.com/dont-destroy-americans-trust-supreme-court-opinion-1630861

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/21/americans-no-longer-have-faith-in-the-us-supreme-court-that-has-justices-worried

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-1005-supreme-court-bias-20211004-77w2ksar45gjrog5s2uwsx56ri-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/23/supreme-court-has-only-itself-blame/

https://www.vox.com/22575435/voting-rights-supreme-court-john-roberts-shelby-county-constitution-brnovich-elena-kagan

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/has-supreme-court-lost-its-legitimacy-ncna966211

https://www.salon.com/2021/12/21/its-long-past-time-for-democrats-to-stand-up-to-the_partner/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/media-barred-justice-gorsuch-talk-federalist-society-82610921

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082461546/no-medals-for-2022-beijing-olympics-the-games-drew-their-lowest-u-s-ratings-ever?fbclid=IwAR1Y5yWcP9dx0RDqqwUFr_ing_M5JIu4Qi4jjXSWzqoxWCj8yIOgZTel5Ug

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