The Supreme Court ended its 2025-2027 term Tuesday and many of its members will soon leave the Beltway for the summer.There are courses to teach, lectures to give and seminars to lead — and perhaps a book to work on as they enjoy their annual break.
The justices long ago adjusted their rhythms to the facts of the District of Columbia’s summer, but this year, they, like many other Americans will also be celebrating our nation’s 250th birthday.Robes, gavels and the necessary secrecy aside, the Court is a very human institution peopled by Americans of exceptional accomplishment and dedication.Even when followers of the Court are disappointed or even outraged by this or that decision, the Court continues to outpace the other branches of government when it comes for respect for the institution and its long and steady support for the Constitution.On three occasions, the Court has left terrible stains on American history.
The "anti-cannon" trio of terrible decisions — Dred Scott, Plessy v Ferguson and Korematsu v.United States — have all been reversed, with members of the Court repeatedly expressing shame for their predecessors that penned or signed on to those decisions.SECRETS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLEFIELDS EMERGE 250 YEARS AFTER AMERICA'S FOUNDINGMany people quarrel with this or that decision every time one is issued.
Of the seven most controversial decisions rolling out from One First Street, NE at this term’s end — decisions dealing with status of appointees atop federal administrative agencies, the tenure of governors of the Federal Reserve, "Temporary Protected Status" of immigrants inside the country and the availability of asylum to immigrants outside of it but at the border, the First Amendment and spending by political parties, state laws prohibiting biological boys participating in girls’ sports and birthright citizenship — very few approved of the majority in all seven cases.(I did, but that’s the scorecard of an outlier in the lists...