The liberal-leaning justice acknowledged the ruling made it “hard to believe” the court was apolitical.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doubled down on his belief the high court is apolitical Monday despite its 5-4 ruling upholding Texas’ near-total abortion ban—which many have criticized for its purported partisanship—saying the court’s justices are “not junior-league politicians” even as he believes the majority’s decision backing the law was “wrong.” “When a judge puts on that robe, he’s not a junior-league politician,” Breyer said Monday. “But having said that, there are connections with politics. And so it’s a pretty hard message to get across.” Breyer’s comments came a day after his colleague Justice Amy Coney Barrett similarly decried the notion the court is made up of “a bunch of partisan hacks.” Appearing at an event celebrating the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville—at which she was introduced by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.
