SOME SUPREMES ARE PARTISAN? AND THE NY TIMES JUST NOW CAUGHT ON?

This NY Times editorial is deeply disturbing, but not unexpected.

The Supreme Court did the right thing this week by staying out of a Colorado redistricting dispute. It properly deferred to the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling resolving the matter. What is troubling, however, is a dissent by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and two of his colleagues that argues for diving into the conflict. Given these justices' eagerness to defer to the states in other matters, the dissent smacks of partisan politics and raises new concerns about the court's neutrality.

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