Former critics now hope the justices have enough fealty to the US constitution to mitigate Trump’s assault on rights
A year has proved to be a long time on the scales of US justice.
Less than 12 months ago, the US supreme court was in serious disrepute among liberals following a series of ethics scandals and a spate of highly contentious, conservative-leaning rulings. It culminated in a ruling last July vastly expanding a president’s immunity from prosecution, virtually guaranteeing that Donald Trump would escape criminal censure for the 6 January 2021 insurrection and retaining classified documents.