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ck4829

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Fri Sep 30, 2022, 01:53 PM Sep 2022

What should be done with the products of a Supreme Court that loses the trust of the people?

WASHINGTON – Americans’ trust in the Supreme Court and its job approval ratings have significantly dropped in the last two years, reaching historic lows, a Gallup poll has found.

Only 47% of Americans said they had a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the high court, a 20-percentage point drop from 2020 and a 7-percentage point drop from the previous year. This year marks the lowest trust level among Americans since 1972.

Job approval of the Supreme Court also took a hit, as only 40% of those polled said they approved of the job done by the court, an 18-percentage point drop from 2020, tying for the lowest approval numbers found by Gallup.

As the overall approval of the court has dropped, approval is split among partisan lines, with the majority of Republicans still viewing the high court positively. Sixty-seven percent of Republicans trust the Supreme Court — a 6 percentage point increase from 2021 — compared to only 25% of Democrats, a 26-percentage point drop from 2021.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gallup-poll-finds-trust-in-supreme-court-at-historic-low-down-20-points-in-two-years/ar-AA12oYSP


So the Supreme Court acts in a fashion and consistently makes rulings that makes people lose trust in it.
It makes a ruling in that fashion, on that train of thought, and that ruling has consequences.
Trigger bans and laws are made directly because of that ruling, one of those consequences.
Because of that ban or law, a woman is now being prosecuted and is on trial.
In this trial, YOU are on the jury, and you think something along the lines of...
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It may be legally hazardous and it has a mixed history, yes, it has gotten far right extremists off, but it has also gotten abolitionists off. No matter the evidence or how strongly the prosecution makes the case that a law was broken, I will vote to nullify.
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OK, so sure the "originalism" that led to this is completely arbitrary and makes about as much sense as phrenology, but it is the law and it is my duty as a juror to consider the evidence presented to me and render a verdict based on that and not my personal feelings
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No, I'm not on this jury! Too hard! Too scary! AaAaaHHh!!!1! Super Run Away!!!
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