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| HeroDelTiempo17 08/04/21 12:49:39 PM #342: | Xeybozn posted... Maybe, but Democratic voters generally think the Supreme Court is doing a good job. Well yeah I'm not surprised by this. Americans tend to respect institutions, even ones that are less democratic like the SC. And approval for Congress, a "democratic" one is usually in the trash (I'd argue our dysfunctional legislation system contributes to most of the Court's problems but I'm getting off-track). There is a lot going on in this poll, but the bottom line is that the Court is politicized but has tried to avoid partisanship, and so the institutional failings are pretty inside baseball. I'm not really trying to advocate for direct democracy either. Part of why representative democracy exists is because government do have to do unpopular things. It's just that the inherent structure of our government is unrepresentative and is growing more undemocratic, and the Supreme Court's job is to uphold that structure. I guess I could say the real issues are with the US Constitution (which probably also has a high approval rating), but it's definitely harder to change that than to ignore the court responsible for enforcing it. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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