Never in recent history, perhaps, have so many Americans viewed the Supreme Court as fundamentally partisan.
Public approval of the nine-justice panel stands near historic lows. Declining faith in the institution seems rooted in a growing concern that the high court is deciding cases on politics, rather than law. In one recent poll, a majority of Americans opined that Supreme Court justices let partisan views influence major rulings.
Three quarters of Republicans approve of the high court’s recent job performance. But Democrats’ support has plummeted to 13 percent, and more than half the nation overall disapproves of how the court is doing its job.
Public support for the high court sank swiftly last summer in response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a landmark ruling that revoked a constitutional right to abortion. The decision delighted many conservatives but defied a large majority of Americans who believe abortion should be legal.
Yet, partisan anger runs deeper than Dobbs. Liberals are fuming about a confluence of lucky timing and political maneuvering that enabled a Republican-controlled Senate to approve three conservative justices in four years, knocking the panel out […]
I saw that coming and you probably did too. We are blessed to have a Senate that isn’t running amok like the House. That will respond to what the House is seeking to do by blocking them. The GOP and the press are working together to foment madness. That old adage that appeared when America first big publications came into being is truer than ever. ‘If it bleeds, it leads.’ Which is why it’s so important to find and focus on publications that balance out a lot of the sensationalism. And of course, currently there are a lot of blogs that help counteract a lot of the sensationalism. I haven’t checked lately, but I used to use Pew Research as I’m not all that confident about Gallup as source. The laws about the Supreme Court have long been in place.. That said, change is the only constant. It’s quite a ‘show’ we’re all watching.
I would call it a plutocracy ruled by the “Military Industrial Banking Complex” which controls everything and cannot be stopped. They own all the politicians in the Supreme Court and most of the house and a lot of the Senate, too. It is looking like a loosing battle, unles we can turn voters over to the Democratic view of it all.