Dobbs didn’t undermine the court’s legitimacy. It protected it

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Progressives claim recent conservative victories in the Supreme Court show that it has been overpoliticized — and therefore made illegitimate.

“People on the losing end of Supreme Court decisions increasingly feel that justice is not being served,” Peter Coy wrote Monday for the New York Times. “That’s a scary situation for the high court, and for American democracy in general.”

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