Unbelievable. Apparently, per David Brooks, the entire poisonous political climate of today is all Justice Harry Blackmun's fault, for writing the Roe v Wade opinion.
His "logic" (word used advisedly) seems to be: If a court makes a decision that some people (read: right-wingers) don't like, then it's not a 'legitimate' ruling. SCOTUS should let the state legislatures decide these controversial issues, because of course nobody has ever disagreed with what a state legislature has tried to pass into law.
Orcinus also has a piece today on the rising tide of nastiness towards the court system. And it's getting scary. The judicial arm of government was created precisely to act as a check on the legislative and executive arms of government, and this all out assault on the courts strikes me as a sign that the other parts of the system don't want the inconveniences of balance.
Color me nervous.
