Delaware Defends Partisan Judiciary Mandate Before Supreme Court

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Washington on Sept. 19, 2020. Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images

Delaware told the Supreme Court that its law fixing the partisan makeup of that state’s courts should be upheld, on the first day of the court’s new term, which traditionally begins the first Monday in October.

Eight justices heard oral arguments telephonically in the case known as Carney v. Adams on Oct. 5.