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Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy undermined in a polarized age?

  • Written by Kevin J. McMahon, Professor of Political Science & Director of the Graduate Program in Public Policy, Trinity College
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When I learned Justice Anthony Kennedy would retire, my thoughts went immediately to the confirmation of the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch.

The Senate’s confirmation of Gorsuch was unprecedented in the history of the country. Never before had a “minority president” named a “minority...

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