SCOTUSBlog: Commentary: From the bench to the podium

SCOTUSBlog: Commentary: From the bench to the podium by Lyle Denniston:

In ways large and small, the idealized expectation that the Supreme Court will stay outside the political arena continues to diminish in a country with polarized partisanship and fragmented cultural values. One reason is that those on opposite sides of the divide increasingly seek to use the Court to advance their own agendas – and, increasingly, succeed at it.