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Arizona’s former governor, Doug Ducey, expanded the court to seven justices. All solid conservatives, they upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban that presents a political risk to Republicans.

If justices who disagree so profoundly can do so respectfully, perhaps it is possible for our politically divided country to do the same.

The Florida Supreme Court found that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion. But it also allowed a ballot question on whether to expand abortion access.

In a statement, the justice raised concerns that those with “traditional religious views” would be “‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government.”

The new maps, which were drawn by the state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, and signed into law Monday, include an almost even split between Democratic- and Republican-leaning districts.

If anyone is going to do so, elected representatives must be the ones to forgive Donald Trump.

The petition came in response to a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that the former president had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to hold office under the 14th Amendment.