Supreme Court growing increasingly 'secretive' as its image continues to plummet

Supreme Court growing increasingly 'secretive' as its image continues to plummet

Although Democrats have won the popular vote in seven of the United States' last nine presidential elections, they have had terrible luck with the U.S. Supreme Court — which has had a hard-right GOP-appointed 6-3 supermajority since 2020. And the High Court's image, according to Gallup, has suffered a great deal: in Gallup polls conducted in 2025, approval of SCOTUS ranged from 39 percent to 42 percent.In an article published on February 2, the …

John Roberts's coerced omerta

If sunlight is the best disinfectant, we know how Republican elites now feel about fighting infections [gift link]: In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump to office, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. summoned employees of the U.S. Supreme Court for an unusual announcement. Facing them in a grand conference room beneath ornate chandeliers, he requested they each sign a nondisclosure agreement promising to kee…