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Why The U.S. Supreme Court Is More Politicized Than Its U.K. Counterpart, Mike Kowalski
Why The U.S. Supreme Court Is More Politicized Than Its U.K. Counterpart, Mike Kowalski
Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law
President Joe Biden’s nomination of then-Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court (the “Court”) conjured up all too fresh memories of just how politicized the Court, and the candidate selection process, has become. Not long before now-Justice Jackson’s nomination, the recent nomination and confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Court received significant media attention, both within the United States (U.S.) and internationally. On the same day of her swearing-in ceremony, the BBC, a public news organization headquartered in the United Kingdom (U.K.), found it relevant to publish an article describing seemingly mundane features of Justice …