Rodney King’s famous line “Can we all get along?” feels more relevant than ever today, underscoring our highly regrettable departure from civility toward a more belligerent and uneasy political reality.

But every now and then, we see small but significant signs that there’s movement toward reviving civil discourse. One of those moments recently took place here in Chicago.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Monday joined other members of the bench and bar at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference at the Swissotel and praised her peers for their collegiality.

“It occurs to me that law is a profession that, unlike some others, operates continually through the strain of disagreement,” she said.

“Doctors cooperate and coordinate to deal with patients. Engineers work together to bui

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