By Alexander Klein ( October 11, 2018, 6:02 PM EDT) -- Since 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court has delved into some the most contentious issues in American politics — from upholding gay marriage and the Affordable Care Act to striking down campaign contribution limits and a portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On these subjects, the Supreme Court splits along party lines. It recognized a constitutional right to gay marriage by a vote of 5-4. It sustained Obamacare by a vote of 5-4 (and then 6-3). It decided Citizens United 5-4. And it modified the Voting Rights Act 5-4. Without knowing the legal questions being decided, most observers could predict how nearly every justice decided nearly every one of these cases. This is not a helpful scenario for an institution whose legitimacy is based upon the premise that laws ascend over politics rather than politics ascending over laws....
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