Monday, September 13, 2021

Barrett says strange things

 Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says some mysterious things about wanting the Court to be non-partisan. Is she looking at the mirror? Is she beginning to regret the partisanship that put her on the court? Is she signaling that she may deviate from everyone's expectations? Or is it the projection of seeing others as partisan while being oblivious to her own background?
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution.

Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they’re not letting personal biases creep into their decisions, since judges are people, too,” Barrett said at a lecture hosted by the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center.

“To say the court’s reasoning is flawed is different from saying the court is acting in a partisan manner,” said Barrett, whose confirmation to the seat left open by the death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cemented conservative control of the court. “I think we need to evaluate what the court is doing on its own terms.”

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