Supreme Court's Institutional Integrity at Risk
Dr. David Adler · December 17, 2021
Chief Justice John Roberts, an ardent believer in the premise that the Supreme Court has a solemn responsibility to defend its institutional integrity, lamented the Court's decision to let stand a Texas statute, S.B.
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