Will Putin’s visit stir increasing tensions?

Chapter 1

Can the US Supreme Court save itself?

The reputation of the US Supreme Court has again been called into question after one of its justices was heard endorsing the notion that the country should seek to return to a place of “godliness”. Justice Samuel Alito, a Republican appointee to the court’s nine-member bench, was secretly recorded at an event in Washington. His comments have fuelled an intense debate about whether the court, with its Republican-appointed majority, has become too politicised.