My letter in The New York Times about the U.S. Supreme Court

The following is a letter to the editor that I wrote, which appeared in The New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court in response to a recent article regarding “a court increasingly associated with partisanship” that “is suffering a distinct drop in public support.”

October 5, 2021

To the Editor:

Re “Abortion Leads Charged Docket in Court Return” (front page, Oct. 4):

As an institution whose independence is paramount to its very existence and whose objectivity is critical to its ability to carry out its judicial duties, the Supreme Court cannot afford to become mired in partisan politics.

The integrity of the court becomes compromised when the public perception is that personal political ideologies are impeding the justices’ ability to adjudicate cases without a degree of bias.

When the justices feel compelled to publicly defend their rulings as being devoid of politics, it is time to reassess this once hallowed body and focus on returning it to its original constitutional mandate. The Supreme Court is about public trust, not public polling, and the justices should focus on impartiality, not popularity.

With a docket replete with matters of great consequence that will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our nation, the justices must take great care to purge partisanship from the court.

N. Aaron Troodler

Bala Cynwyd, Pa.