Before Justice Stephen Breyer retired, he and his liberal colleagues made clear in their dissents that the court’s recent changes in membership, not law, were largely responsible for its rulings in abortion, climate change and more in the term just ended.
It’s an accusation that strikes at the heart of the court’s legitimacy, and it’s one that is not often heard, even in the angriest of dissents.
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