Now the sponsors of this bill, the House bill, in Mississippi, said we`re doing it because we have new justices. Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts? I don`t see how it is possible.
Justice Sotomayor questions the impact of political motivations on the court's legitimacy and its ability to maintain public trust.
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