Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a concurring opinion, stated that “particularly in this circumstance, writings on the court should turn the national temperature down, not up.” (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
On today’s U.S. Supreme Court, a 9-0 decision resolving a politically explosive controversy such as former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for office would ordinarily be a major achievement. So why didn’t Monday’s Trump v. Anderson decision feel like it?
Behind Monday’s “unanimous” ruling is a splintered 5-4 decision that sparked a sharp rebuke from the court’s liberal justices, which in turn prompted disappointment from Justice Amy Coney Barrett that the court missed an opportunity to rise above the political fray.
