Does he worry that the decision to intervene in the case might have damaged the court's reputation as an independent body that stands apart from the partisan politics associated with the executive branch?
Pluuueeeze! I know this is coming from a commie rag, The Nation, but the placastumus on the bottom of my fish tank could produce a less obviously slanted piece than this guy trying to come across as Daniel Webster.
Damgaged the court's reputation? FDR hammered that nail in years ago. Been anything but an independant body "apart from partisian politics." since.
Their minds are still so convoluted over Bush-Gore. They tried so many loop-holes combined with nasty PR and smearing machines and failed at every turn because of written law and the adults in the country doing the right thing
Thankfully, we prevailed in a winning race and have dismissed the shenannigans of that time as a nuisance and footnote while still remaining aware of the fact that there is a force from within that would subvert a US election given the chance.
But they are like Charles Foster Kane at his deathbed, still hyper-obsessing over an inanimate lost love, as "recount, recount," becomes the whispered tagline fading off in to election eternity.