🌎 North America 11h ago · Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself

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The legal profession is much like a priesthood; both lawyers and theologians interpret a central text, be it the Bible, the Quran, the Gita, or the Constitution. We bury ourselves in canonical commentaries on that text. And we are all supplicants to beings much more powerful than ourselves. Which explains why I’ve spent the past […]

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