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Is the Supreme Court acting less like a court?

  • Written by Daniel N. Rockmore, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Computational Science, and Computer Science, Dartmouth College
imageHave the Supreme Court's rulings changed over time?UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA

As the pinnacle of the judicial branch, the U.S. Supreme Court is necessarily involved in some of the highest-profile, most controversial and most political cases across the country. And it is one of the most widely respected government institutions in the country. Some of its...

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