05-09-2019, 06:29 PM
Remember - the SCotUS would really prefer not to decide these cases. Every time it has to make a close call on an issue that divides Americans, it spends a lot of its political capital, which is hard to earn. The Court is the one branch of government whose power rests solely in its reputation for legitimacy. Its only true enforcement power is that people respect its decisions.
With the Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade (and possible other popular civil rights protections), some justices (and certainly Chief Justice Roberts) will be carefully weighing what cases it cannot avoid taking, and deciding many of them as closely as possible so as to avoid the wrath of the public.
With the Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade (and possible other popular civil rights protections), some justices (and certainly Chief Justice Roberts) will be carefully weighing what cases it cannot avoid taking, and deciding many of them as closely as possible so as to avoid the wrath of the public.