The Supreme Court has always been blatantly ideological. Legal doctrines like textualism or activism are just rationalizations for decisions motivated by a Just

The Supreme Court has always been blatantly ideological. Legal doctrines like textualism or activism are just rationalizations for decisions motivated by a Justice's political ideology. Always have been. If the court were a strictly rational, non-ideological body, politicians wouldn't fight over appointments the way they do.