A growing number of people are criticizing the Supreme Court more sharply, including questioning its illegitimacy.

But remarkably, many of those same people continue to use the honorific “justices” to describe the members of the court.

Truthout recently published the piece “Noam Chomsky: The Supreme Court Is Wielding Illegitimate Authority in the U.S.” But Chomsky still refers to “Justice Alito.”

“The Supreme Court has a giant legitimacy crisis, which means so does America” writes Will Bunch at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He also refers to “Chief Justice Roberts.”

Jeffrey C. Billman in the Orlando Weekly recently wrote the piece “Last week proved just how illegitimate the Supreme Court is — and how much damage it can do.” He writes without irony: “Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, is a fucking nutjob.”

No matter how vociferous the commentary against the court and its members, the honorific “Justice” remains prefixed to their names with remarkable regularity.