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US_ ‘Era Of Polarization’: Amy Coney Barrett Hints At Reason For SCOTUS Docket Loaded With Trump, Censorship Cases

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‘Era Of Polarization’: Amy Coney Barrett Hints At Reason For SCOTUS Docket Loaded With Trump, Censorship Cases


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Katelynn Richardson
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March 12, 2024 5:02 PM ET


Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s current load of hot-button cases reflects Americans’ difficulties finding compromise.

Barrett addressed students at George Washington University, where she and Justice Sonia Sotomayor were
interviewed during the Civic Learning Week National Forum. Without specifically naming any of the contentious cases facing the Supreme Court, which range from questions about censorship and to the prosecution of former President Doanld Trump, Barrett acknowledged that the issues on the docket stem from broader cultural problems in America’s “era of polarization.”

“I feel like, maybe in this era of polarization — of some would say bitter polarization — that that ability to compromise is being lost,” she said in response to a question about declining trust in institutions. “But institutions, I think, reflect back some things that are present in the citizenry themselves. I think that’s true of our docket.”

“Justice O’Connor used to say, if you want to know what’s going on in America, then you can look at our docket, and you can see some of the battles that are being waged through litigation are often reflective of the battles that are being waged in society at large,” she continued.

Sotomayor, responding to the same question about declining faith in American institutions, noted how different branches of government may be tempted to step in when one is not functioning, such as the executive stepping in to fill the role of the legislature, or vice versa.
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“Similarly, you challenge a court, because if the other two branches are overstepping, or not stepping up to their obligations, the citizenry is going to look to the courts to solve problems that it really shouldn’t,” she said. “All of these present dangers to the society.”

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