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nkat2112 OP ,
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As things stand, public approval ratings of the court have held steady at historic lows.

The damage from Fascist 45 has been tremendous, but at least the people are taking notice. And hopefully this will inspire positive change.

admiralteal ,

Our parents and teachers grew up under the Warren and Marshall courts.

These were hardly all good, but they were a rare time of stability, sanity, and defense of civil rights out of the courts. Which is a blip in the history.

On the whole, the SCOTUS has always been a force for evil. It has always leaned against civil rights and towards statism and fascism. Towards maintaining and enforcing the police state. The current state is returning to the norm, not an anomaly. But with so many of society's elders being raised on a reasonable court, they forget.

It is a 100% politically-appointed institution with zero oversight and lifetime terms. It's obviously a bad idea. Just another of myriad compromises in the founding of our nation to cater to regressive-thinking, anti-civil rights right wingers that have always been a major part of the American experiment.

Everyone should read Balls and Strikes and listen to the 5-4 Podcast. Especially the fucking law school professors that uncritically and dogmatically teach the mostly very, very bad SCOTUS case law. We need to get serious about fixing this bad institution if we want to have a future.

Bipta ,

Zero people in my life who didn't already notice years ago have noticed since. Not very encouraging.

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