In other words, none of us who are watching what's happening are, in fact, the nine justices that we are describing. And I want to say that with the caveat that so much of what we think we know, we don't know. Have you ever seen it in its current state?ĭahlia Lithwick: “I have not. Interview Highlightsĭahlia, you've watched the court for quite some time. She served as a law clerk for Justice Stephen G. ( Shapiro, founder and co-director of Chicago-Kent's Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States. ( Howe, co-founder and reporter at SCOTUSblog, a blog devoted to coverage of the Supreme Court. Host of the “Amicus” podcast, a show about the law and the nine Supreme Court justices who interpret it. Guestsĭahlia Lithwick, senior editor for Slate. Today, On Point: Turmoil at the nation’s highest court. "It's hard to imagine it will ever be the exact same place it was before," Howe adds. When they were going into June, they had 33 opinions left to issue, which is over half of their cases," Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, said. "And when you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I'm in, it changes the institution fundamentally," Justice Clarence Thomas said.Īnd that infidelity, as he called it, appears to be having consequences: Supreme Court have always regarded mutual trust as a pillar of their establishment.īut the leak of a draft ruling has rocked that. (Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images)ĭespite their differences of opinion, the nine justices of the U.S. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett pose during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021.
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