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One Justice rips open the ‘scary’ weaponization of the Supreme Court

alternet.org · 14dShare

While it is theoretically an apolitical institution, over the course of President Donald Trump ’s second term, the Supreme Court has made its politicization blatant. According to Slate , the evolution of Justice Neil Gorsuch highlights the increasingly far-right nature of the nation’s highest court. As Slate Executive Editor Susan Matthews explains, “Justices have a vested interest in telling all of us, Oh, what we’re doing is law. We’re just reading the law. There’s no politics. There’s nothing to see here.” But what she finds uniquely interesting about Gorsuch, however, is “the way he got onto the court itself is the best, most obvious demonstration that we are not ‘just reading the law’ here. Politics is informing every single thing that happens.” Matthews is referring to how Gorsuch was seated in the early days of Trump only after the Republicans blocked the appointment of Obama-nominee Merrick Garland. “I think Gorsuch was in fact the perfect person to take Merrick Garland’s seat

First report: You Probably Can’t ID Neil Gorsuch in a SCOTUS Photo. Here’s Why He Matters. — slate.com, 17d