Stephen Breyer insists politics don't play a role in Supreme Court's decisions


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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos— Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing back on claims that the institution has become increasingly political amid rulings on Trump, abortion and more

MSNBC—The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump’s immunity case could take a sledgehammer to our national security. Imagine a large group of activists assembled outside the White House, peacefully protesting a recent decision by the president. They are waving signs denouncing the new policy, holding banners demanding change and chanting slogans about that president. As their numbers begin to swell, as their voices grow louder, the president issues an order to military commanders: Take them out. Our military leadership would then be faced with an impossible choice. They’d either have to follow the clearly...

NBC News—What Trump’s lawyer conceded at the Supreme Court: From the Politics Desk. Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, reporters Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly break down what happened in the Supreme Court arguments over Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity from prosecution for things that happened during his presidency. Plus, reporters Alexandra Marquez and Bridget Bowman...

Washington Examiner—Louisiana ruling shows folly of Supreme Court’s redistricting decisions. In its reasonable decision to throw out Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan on Wednesday, a federal judicial panel implicitly highlighted, yet again, the confusing mess both Congress and the Supreme Court have made of redistricting law. The result remains a mess, but at least it gets rid of districts that are patently absurd. The back story […]