The problem, Justice Breyer, is not those who refer to justices by the president or party that appointed them, it is the trail of 80 5-4 partisan decisions by Republican Justices giving victories to big Republican donor interests.
It is the pep rallies at the Federalist Society, the dark money, the soliciting of cases, the blind eye to the right-wing machinery producing those cases, the disregard for conservative principles when they would block the victories, and on and on...
The problem with the naked Emperor was not the child who asked why he was wearing no clothes. Yes, it was inconvenient for many when the naked Emperor was called out for his nudity. But it was true; and pretending otherwise is a convenience we cannot afford.
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