In partisan times, chief justice worries about the court's image
In partisan times, chief justice worries about the court's image
Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Legal Analyst and Supreme Court Biographer
Updated 7:23 PM ET, Tue October 3, 2017
Washington (CNN)During heated Supreme Court arguments Tuesday over whether the justices should take up challenges to politically gerrymandered voting districts, Chief Justice John Roberts confessed what matters to him.
It comes down to how things look and what people think.
What would the public think, he asked, if the justices began hearing challenges to partisan gerrymandering and ruled for Democrats, or conversely, Republicans?
READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/joh...
Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Legal Analyst and Supreme Court Biographer
Updated 7:23 PM ET, Tue October 3, 2017
Washington (CNN)During heated Supreme Court arguments Tuesday over whether the justices should take up challenges to politically gerrymandered voting districts, Chief Justice John Roberts confessed what matters to him.
It comes down to how things look and what people think.
What would the public think, he asked, if the justices began hearing challenges to partisan gerrymandering and ruled for Democrats, or conversely, Republicans?
READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/joh...
