Perhaps the degradation of our rule-of-law regime would happen anyway.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Perhaps the degradation of our rule-of-law regime would happen anyway.”
Editor's note · Context
Jackson reflects on the court's role in undermining the rule of law.
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