Not since the pro-slavery Taney court before the American Civil War has a Supreme Court been so wrong for its moment in history as the Roberts court that opens a new term on Monday.

Led by John G. Roberts Jr., the George W. Bush appointee who marked his 20th anniversary as chief justice last Monday, the nation’s highest court with its 6-3 right-wing supermajority has ignored norms and precedents to mostly give a green light to the most lawless president in U.S. history, Donald Trump. Thus enabled, the wannabe authoritarian, who picked three of the justices, often praises their rulings — even as he lambastes and invites threats to the many lower-court judges whose adverse orders the Supreme Court has blocked in its deference to the president. The White House website keeps a run

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