An article today along these lines
" ... This open court seat is the most important development since, well, the last seat opened. Why? The Supreme Court has too much power. Congress has failed to legislate as it should, and the Supreme Court has turned into a super-legislature.
Some people think this open seat has caused mayhem because the Supreme Court has become too political.
Certainly, the Supreme Court can appear political when handling cases, but it has less to do with the nine justices being overtly partisan and more to do with the fact that they often handle overtly political topics that are meant for the legislature.
This point of view is not new. During the hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, which were a catastrophe, many made the same observation. Kim Holmes, the executive vice president of the Heritage Foundation, wrote, “Ever since at least the 1960s (and frankly even before) we have increasingly allowed the Supreme Court to decide controversial issues we have been unwilling to solve legislatively.”..."
Supreme Court battles escalate because the judiciary legislates