There has not been a Supreme Court like this one since the 1850s, when Roger Taney's monstrous panel supported and expanded the Fugitive Slave Act, leading to violent slave-catcher raids that radicalized abused Northerners into electing Lincoln.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/john-roberts-ethics-alito-flag-supreme-court-durbin/index.html
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