The Court might, of course, from time to time, get some other cases correct, but it clearly cannot be relied upon as a repository of judicial, or even logical, good sense in tumultuous times. The loss is a grievous one for the American body politic.
(source: Two thoughts re the Supreme Court decision on ‘same-sex marriage’ | In the Light of the Law)
This is what a political institution’s loss of legitimacy looks like. It is this, and not any reforming friction between branches, that is truly a “constitutional crisis” in this country–a slow-burning crisis, but a crisis nonetheless.
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