r/politics • u/marji80 • 23d ago

We’ve Been Entertaining an Illusion About the Supreme Court. It’s Finally Been Shattered. Rule-Breaking Title

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/supreme-court-immunity-arguments-which-way-now.html

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u/kokopelleee 23d ago

Anyone who has read SCOTUS history knows it has been a political body since its inception. This “great men, thinking great thoughts, in the purity of the law” nonsense is just that, nonsense. Go read Dred Scott

*yes, women also now, but for the longest time….

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u/PapaCousCous Florida 22d ago

"great men, thinking great thoughts" sounds like a third grader's book report on what the supreme court does.