Justice Barrett – Susan Feathers

Justices Sotomayor and Barrett discuss civic engagement, trust in public insitutions, polarization, and community as the locus for civic actions.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor began the iCivics program when she observed that the American public did not know basic information about the three branches of government and their functions, i.e. how each functions to check power being centered in any one branch. They discuss how the Supreme Court Justices manage discussing and making decisions when there are conflicting perspectives and how in general the Court manages their relationships as friends and colleagues. We can learn much from this discussion at this point in American history.