No, I think we have seen this coming for a while. We were slow to figure it out. But I think we have figured it out now. There’s a lot of pent-up anger and scorn in these new opinions, highly critical of previous Supreme Court justices, highly critical of regulatory officials, really almost cruel, cutting commentary about people that they don’t like.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “No, I think we have seen this coming for a while. We were slow to figure it out. But I think we have figured it out now.…”
On the recordJune 29, 2022
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Senator Whitehouse discusses the politicization of the Supreme Court and the anger reflected in its recent opinions.
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