I get why people do rely on the courts, though. Our lawmaking process is horribly broken. Major legislation doesn't get passed because it requires overwhelming

I get why people do rely on the courts, though. Our lawmaking process is horribly broken. Major legislation doesn't get passed because it requires overwhelming control of Congress and the Whitehouse. Constitutional amendments are all but impossible when it's unlikely to get 34 state legislatures to agree on which way is North. The judiciary and executive action are the only ways left to make anything actually happen.