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Legal analysts mock 'thin-skinned' conservative justice
The Court’s Fragility Is Not Personal. It Is Political.A Dissent Becomes the StoryThe week’s headline-grabber is a bench-side dispute between Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor, after Sotomayor read a forceful dissent from the bench and the Court later issued a statement calling it a “misunderstanding.” The surrounding commentary fixated on Alito’s ego, Sotomayor’s tone, and a stray retirement rumor. That is the easy story. The real story is who is using the Court to take power, and who gets scolded when they name it.Power Sits With the MajorityThe institutional power here is not with…
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