WHAT BINDS US? WHAT DO WE ALL HAVE IN common anymore? Justice Clarence Thomas asked in a rare media interview aired on Fox News in 2017. We always talk about E Pluribus Unum, Thomas said, referring to the traditional motto of the United States which translates as out of many, one. We need more unum. We have the pluribus.
The media headlines of the past year suggest that things have gotten a lot worse since 2017-and both Thomas and Fox played a part in the divisiveness. But if you look beyond the headlines, including those on Newsweek, a different picture emerges. Even in what feels like an angry, factionalized society, there are signs of unity.
Take the Supreme Court, a lightning rod in America's cultural and political storms. The highest court was less divided and less divisive in its 2022-23 term. (To be fair, not much could be as divisive as the Court's decision, in the previous term, to overturn Roe v. Wade.) The nine justices were unanimous in nearly half of their decisions, more than double the proportion of the previous term. Liberals and conservatives voted together on most decisions that were not unanimous, including half of the 12 that were decided 6-3, a vote that could reflect the Court's partisan split.
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