The Supreme Court’s reputation is shattered thanks to its conservative justices

With a complete disregard for basic ethics, Samuel Alito and company have destroyed the public’s trust in the Court.

Based on the oral arguments in the case of a Christian web designer seeking to gut nondiscrimination protections, 2023 isn’t looking like a good year for LGBTQ+ rights on the Supreme Court. But it’s not looking like a great year for the Court itself either.

The Court is heading into the new year at a level of disarray and public distrust not seen in modern times. Moreover, there’s little sign that the justices intend to do anything to address the issue, except to possibly make it even worse.

The past year has seen a series of explosive revelations about the Court, starting with the leak of the Dobbs decision overturning abortion rights. The Court has long prided itself on being a closed system, so the idea that an entire draft decision on a major topic could appear in the press a month prior to its release was shocking. Just as shocking, the draft was pretty much the final version, so whoever leaked it did so knowing full well the impact it would have.

As it turns out, there’s speculation that the author of the draft, Samuel Alito, may have been the leaker. The reason is that…

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