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- 1Sotomayor apologizes to Kavanaugh for critical remarks●Justice Sotomayor apologizes to Justice Kavanaugh for public criticism of immigration opinion
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has apologized to Justice Brett Kavanaugh after publicly criticizing his opinion in an immigration case. The episode is notable for the court, whose justices traditionally avoid openly disputing each other's reasoning in public, and comes amid heightened political attention to the judiciary's handling of immigration rulings.
- 2We Can't Blame the Supreme Court for Congress's Problems▼We Can’t Blame the Supreme Court for Congress’s Problems
A new commentary argues that criticism of the US Supreme Court is being overused as an explanation for legislative dysfunction, and that Congress's own failures deserve the blame. The piece contends that lawmakers, not the judiciary, are responsible for stalemates on major policy issues. It is likely to fuel ongoing debate about how much responsibility each branch of government bears for the current state of American politics.