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US Supreme Court losing respect and trust of American citizens?
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| July 13, 2013
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Posted on 07/14/2013 4:31:25 PM PDT by usalady
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At one time it was one of the most popular institutions in the country but in 2013 polls shows that is now at an all time low. The result is that just 28% of American citizens believe the Supreme Court is doing a good or excellent job..
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:31:25 PM PDT
by
usalady
To: usalady
Lost my respect a LONG time ago.
People in this country just don’t get the fact that the SC is really just a political tool to further the agenda of anti Constitutionalists. Has been for a very long time.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:34:29 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: usalady
I guess that Unconstitutional ruling on Obamacare obliterated the last vestiges of trust in the SCOTUS. Maybe Ginsburg shouldn't have told the Egyptians to look to ‘other’ country’s Constitutions when fashioning theirs as ours wasn't the best example.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:36:02 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
To: usalady
I started losing faith in them after the immenent domain ruling a few years ago. Now its just beyond the pale. The SCOTUS has become as corrupt as the other two branches of our govt.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:39:15 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: usalady
US Supreme Court losing respect and trust of American citizens? Nope. It's already gone.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:39:33 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(A Quiet Rage is Building All Across America!)
To: usalady
I still have more respect for the Supreme Court than I do for Congress (i.e., the legistative branch) which abdicated their role in the 3-branches-of-government over 20 years ago in favor of hiding behind polls, committees, special prosecutors and, of course, the Supreme Court.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:41:25 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: usalady
There's one story from a few years ago that really made the point of just how little respect the people of this country have for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice David Souter was mugged, robbed and beaten while jogging one night in a park somewhere in Washington, D.C. His attacker apparently had no idea who he was -- and probably didn't care, either.
I remember thinking at the time that nobody of any consequence in the U.S. government would be out jogging alone at night in one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:41:25 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: ChildOfThe60s
I haven’t respected the US Supreme Court since I was a kid, growing up in the 60s. It was obvious even then that judges believed they were there to create laws they liked, regardless of what the people believed. I don’t think the US Supreme Court has had any respect for the US Constitution for a hundred years or more...
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:42:08 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Liberals are like locusts...)
To: usalady
This is what happens when you no longer find the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights relevant in America and make your decisions based on the laws of worthless, lawless countries around the world.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:42:44 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Keep your powder dry.)
To: usalady
What do those men in black care as to the opinion of the America people?
They got a lifetime of full employment with nothing to worry about.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:43:00 PM PDT
by
353FMG
( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
To: usalady
When was the last time they got one right? In their best decisions, they halfheartedly retard the runaway growth in the power of government. Usually, they just cave unequivocally.
When was the last time they declared an entire department or an entire program unconstitutional? When was the last time they gutted a favorite liberal decision and stick up for the individual?
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:43:05 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Georgia Girl 2
imminent domain = eminent domain
sorry, pet peeve
To: usalady
i’m glad dissents are still being published for posterity.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:44:15 PM PDT
by
dadfly
To: warchild9
I had an eminent just last week. Stunk like heck.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:46:37 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: usalady
I don’t trust ANYBODY in the American justice system as well as the POS Kenyan fraud who is POTUS!Guess its because I’m a “creepy assed cracker”
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:47:41 PM PDT
by
Renegade
To: usalady
Roberts’ twisted reasoning for Obamacare did substantial damage to the SC. He basically negated it — the people elected them (Congress/President), so let them live with the decision the elected ones make.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:48:39 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
(.)
To: usalady
US Supreme Court losing respect and trust of American citizens?Say it ain't so, Joe.
On second thought, don't bother.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:49:39 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: TomGuy
Yeah, what a moving and courageous stand for individual rights in the face of the tyranny of transient majorities. Sickening. I wouldn’t shake the man’s hand if I met him.
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posted on
07/14/2013 4:50:30 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Alberta's Child
I remember thinking at the time that nobody of any consequence in the U.S. government would be out jogging alone at night in one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. Maybe it would be better to think of it as "nobody with any common sense" rather than "nobody of any consequence". A fair description of Souter.
To: Alberta's Child
Justice David Souter was mugged, robbed and beaten while jogging ...
I don't think he was out "jogging" in the heterosexual sense of the word...
However, he did contribute on numerous occasions to the lowering of respect and trust of the USSC among US citizens.
Pulling out of his butt, and applying an international law that the US Senate didn't ratify, for instance.
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