“The Supreme Court has always been a political branch of government.”
Always? I think not.
Always? I think not.“The Supreme Court has always been a political branch of government.” - fireman15
I’m afraid so. Remember the Dred Scott decision . . .OTOH SCOTUS was far less politicized before the passage of the 12th Amendment than afterward - and less, but nontrivial, before the nomination of Judge Bork than it has been since.