The Unearned and Undeserved Revenge of the Supreme Court

Riannon: The public and the legal profession have bestowed upon the Supreme Court a completely unearned and undeserved reverence. Riannon: There's an illusion that it's apolitical and independent when in reality it is deeply political, deeply ideological,. He says justices wear their robes in public for no reason at all; they're just like a different kind of person than anyone else.