SCOTUS justices air disputes in rare public rifts

Supreme Court justices are trading barbs over the court's direction, breaking from their usually private and civil decorum.Why it matters: The recent remarks have offered a rare public display of the deep ideological divides within the most secretive branch of the U.S. government.The fracture's timing is extraordinary since "this is the time of year, traditionally, when the court is putting the finishing touches on its biggest, and these days, most divisive, rulings," Georgetown law professor St...