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Full_Pokedex posted...

So you think that there should be a form of anarchy where we only obey the laws we agree with? That's not compatible with polite society.

A growing idea that SC decisions should not be obeyed has little to do with not obeying laws because of disagreement with decisions (although the tension with the Court and popular opinion has always been there). The GOP went too far by refusing to even hold a vote on President Obamas pick, and then turning around and ditching the rationale they used to do that to confirm ACB at record speed. The SC confirmation process-a process that was always very political but had at least a fig leaf of impartial rules-has been turned overtly political by the Republicans. And because the Court is now fully politicized instead of even slightly impartial, than it has lost the faith of many.

I have certainly lost faith in the SC. I have been a practicing lawyer for 18 years and I can tell you-the vast majority of their rulings are now junk, handed down by under qualified jurists who are there because they are Federalist Society pets.

You can disagree with the argument, but please get the terms of the argument correct. People largely do not see the Court with disdain because of disagreement with rulings-that has gone on for a long time. It is because of GOP bad faith during confirmation that has finally turned people against the Court. And Mitch and company have no one but themselves to blame.

And: the SC has no mechanism of enforcement. It relies on the faith of the people to operate. They are losing that faith. I do not think Blue Sates are on the verge of ignoring SC rulings, but it is not as unthinkable as it was a decade ago. Many wonder why anyone should blindly obey another political arm of the GOP. If the party had acted in accordance with norms instead of doing a power grab to overturn Roe, we wouldnt be in this mess.