How to Restore Our Rogue, Partisan Supreme Court

Supreme Courts have frequently been ideologically divided, but the five justices appointed by Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump (plus Justice Clarence Thomas) have created the first partisan Supreme Court in American history. Their rulings veer into opinion, eroding public trust and diminishing its institutional legitimacy. Far worse, their behavior poses an existential threat to American democracy — and warrants Democrats upgrading the Court.