Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 18, 2025
Judges should judge
This Supreme Court term wasn't marked by one explosive ruling but by a deeper, unsettling theme: a conflicted and inconsistent retreat from judicial scrutiny, raising the fundamental question of whether courts should actively uphold constitutional rights or step aside in deference to government power.
The Supreme Court term has officially ended. The justices are off gallivanting -- teaching in Europe, road-tripping in RVs and disappearing into the summer ether. Yet the decisions they issued continue to reverberate, even as the headlines have moved on.
This term won't be remembered for a single culture war bombshell. Instead, it should be defined by something deeper: a reckoning over what judges are even supposed to do.
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