The Supreme Court

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:59:14 -0400

The Supreme Court needs independence. A justice has to be able to tell a president, Congress, or an angry majority that the law doesn’t allow what they want to do. It also needs legitimacy. People should be able to believe that cases are decided on legal judgment, not private favors, undisclosed relationships, or one party’s success at manipulating the appointment calendar.

We have too often treated those goals as opposites. Accountability gets described as an attack on independence, and lifetime tenure gets treated as proof of it. Neither of those is true.

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The Supreme Court