The once highly respected institution has become a weapon for right-wing Republicans.
It's no secret that six of the justices are conservative advocates opposing the other three liberal judges.
The court reeks of partisanship after three Trump judges were appointed during his corrupt administration.
We no longer hear how the justices respect each other's opinions, regardless of the case. There's a push from the right-wing side of the bench to question all past precedents that don't align with the current conservative court majority.
Justices are increasingly impugning their colleagues' motive and sincerity in a way that matches the current political climate.
The Supreme Court has officially entered an era where finger-pointing and personal accusations has become the new normal.
Despite that reality, the justices try to project a unified court where they all get along and believe each operates in good faith.
Alarmed by the current right-wing trend in her fellow jurists, Justice Sonia Sotomayor declared that a recent majority opinion authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh was "fooling no one."
The pattern reveals more than internal squabbling.
The public knows the court through its written opinions, and individual justices appear to be warning that some among them cannot be trusted to tell the truth or that they hold ulterior motives.
A survey, from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, found that more than half of Americans (57 percent) say that the Supreme Court can get too "mixed up in politics."
Needless to say the finding that half of Americans do not believe that Supreme Court justices set aside their personal beliefs in deciding cases is worrisome.
It also shows that justice is being perverted for political reasons, and our once proud institution is breaking away from its original mandate of "Justice for all."
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