The Roberts court on April 23, 2021. Pictured, seated, from left, are Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor; standing, from left, are Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Credit: Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
They are seatmates on the bench, sometimes smiling or chuckling (when not wearing masks) at a shared joke or story. But Justices Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh increasingly check each other like hockey players with sharp-edged words as they disagree on the most contentious issues facing the U.S. Supreme Court.
The court’s famed collegiality may be tested even more this term as hot-button cases involving abortion, guns and religion now await decision.
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