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    Jackie Calmes: Here's what's so frightening about the Supreme Court's latest power trip

    A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the "supreme" in "Supreme Court," and not in a good way. The court's major rulings in the term that just ended continued to defy precedents and expand its power versus the president and Congress. All the while, reports of justices' ethical transgressions mounted, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gave the back of his hand to calls for reform, ...
    by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times Jul 14, 2023 3 minutes
    Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts attends the State of the Union address on Feb. 7, 2023, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

    A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the "supreme" in "Supreme Court," and not in a good way.

    The court's major rulings in the term that just ended continued to defy precedents and expand its power versus the president and Congress. All the while, reports of justices' ethical transgressions mounted, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gave the back of his hand to calls for reform, claiming against all evidence that the justices can police themselves.

    The worrisome.

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