Chief Justice Roberts' questions during the Dec. 1 abortion argument that cited Blackmun's papers is raising the issue once again. This time, we have a solution.
The appearance of impropriety will only be exacerbated if Barrett ultimately rules in favor of her one-time financial benefactor.
It should then come as no surprise that an institution that finds even modest democratic measures of accountability anathema would also be attracted to exercising power in the shadows.