Most judges, including SCOTUS justices, consciously refrain from any comment outside the confines of the written text in the belief that debate undermines the validity of the system. The praxis is memorialized in the Canons of Judicial Conduct in several ...
The truth is much closer to the Maddow-Stewart axis than to Scandal. SCOTUS power is not unchecked but is kept in balance with other branches of government and with society in general. The problem is that the period to reach equilibrium is often lengthy. ...
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CONSCIOUSLY ILLITERATE
If not now, when?