This could lead to something cataclysmic, where a supreme court decision isn't honored in some given state. It would be an ugly picture. Apart from packing the court, is there any solution to sort of re balance it? And and regain legitimacy lost?" i fear that these justices just don't have that instinct for restraintan thank you"
Since the Supreme Court’s "shadow docket" decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect, a growing chorus of politicians and legal experts have questioned the court’s legitimacy. Vox's Ian Millhiser says the justices aren’t taking the criticism well.
Today’s show was produced by Will Reid with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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