Supreme Court Opinions are routinely violating popular opinion and undermining two centuries of American trust. In 2020, Pew polling showed 70% of Americans viewed the Court positively. By 2025, approval dropped to a 48% historic low, where it remains. That shift in approval parallels the Court’s shift in ideology. National Academy of Sciences studies show that the 2010 Court accurately reflected the middle-ground positions of the average American. Today the Court is more conservative than most Americans, revealing that judicial decisions are more about ideological preference than constitutional logic. Traditionally, the Court progressed in step with popular opinion because voters select presidents, and presidents select justices, making Court membership an indirect product of the popular vote. Then the Republican Senate dismantled that norm and the illusion of an impartial Court. After Justice Scalia died in February 2016, more than eight months before Election Day, Majority Leader…
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