It's Not SCOTUS's Job to Follow 'Majority Public Opinion'

It's Not SCOTUS's Job to Follow 'Majority Public Opinion'
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It gets tiring having to point this out, but here goes nothing.

At CNN today, Stephen Collinson writes:

A tense national mood is likely to be exacerbated if, in what would be twin triumphs for conservatives, the Supreme Court rules against majority public opinion and loosens gun restrictions and overturns a woman’s right to an abortion in the coming days. Already, a man has been charged with trying to kill conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, reflecting the charged atmosphere surrounding the court and the politicized issues it’s set to rule on.

This is a disgraceful choice of framing that — whether intentionally or not — serves as a partial justification of the very “charged atmosphere” and assassination attempt that Collinson is ostensibly attempting to lament. Read Full Article »


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