we have false idea about the supreme court. isn t the supreme court inherently political. a liberal president. a more liberal judge. a republican president nominated conservative justices. isn t the court political and we keep pretending that it is not? no, i don t think we re pretending it s not. the court is always had an element of politics because that s how they get to the court. the fact of the matter is, as you look at precedent, as you look at stare decisis and how it s established for 50 years. if you take the court as a whole, going back to shelly county versus holder decision. going back to the principals that this court has done that has allowed dark money to come through. political gerrymandering.