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>Having all 9 justices make a decision that runs contrary to the ideology of a majority of them should make me question my belief that they will always choose i

>Having all 9 justices make a decision that runs contrary to the ideology of a majority of them should make me question my belief that they will always choose ideology first and find a justification afterwards. This is an effect of media quite literally lying about the nature of the SCOTUS. The vast majority of cases they rule on are settled on apolitical lines. There has been a concerted effort in the past ~5 years to undermine the legitimacy of the court by trying to portray it as some hackneyed partisan legislature. Do some things get decided on political lines? Absolutely, but not any more than the SCOTUS has always handled these things. Populists, both left and right, benefit from eroding the perceived legitimacy of independent institutions.

pjc50 2y ago
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- sickofparadox 2y ago
  "Packing the court" has a very specific meaning in the US, so it may be different in the Kings's English, but here it means filling courts with more judges for the purpose of ideologically outnumbering the other side. The US does not have a set size for its Supreme Court, but the number of Justices has remained (more or less) 9 for the whole modern history of the US. Also the Alito's wife thing is a great example of the media effort to undermine the legitimacy of the Court. By fabricating a narrative that an upside down American flag or the Pine Tree flag are "dedicated symbols of January 6th" or some nonsense, the media further damages the credibility of the court. The truth of the matter is, Alito's wife flew the flag upside down as a kind of SOS about a neighborhood dispute. Upside down flags equaling distress have been a standard that I learned about as a child. The Pine Tree flag has a huge history going back to the Revolutionary war, and has been flow at every kind of event conceivable. Simply being flown on January 6th does not mean that Jan 6thers suddenly own it, any more than BLM owns it, or a music festival or county fair own it.
chx 2y ago
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jfengel 2y ago
Most cases are settled on apolitical lines because the cases themselves are apolitical. They are usually of little interest outside the judicial system itself. The cases that receive the most reporting are the ones that most affect people's lives. That's not bias on the part of the press. Nobody cares whether "the 60-day filing deadline in 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) is not jurisdictional." (Harrow vs DoD). The press is accurately reflecting the cases that matter.

pjc50 2y ago

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sickofparadox 2y ago
"Packing the court" has a very specific meaning in the US, so it may be different in the Kings's English, but here it means filling courts with more judges for the purpose of ideologically outnumbering the other side. The US does not have a set size for its Supreme Court, but the number of Justices has remained (more or less) 9 for the whole modern history of the US. Also the Alito's wife thing is a great example of the media effort to undermine the legitimacy of the Court. By fabricating a narrative that an upside down American flag or the Pine Tree flag are "dedicated symbols of January 6th" or some nonsense, the media further damages the credibility of the court. The truth of the matter is, Alito's wife flew the flag upside down as a kind of SOS about a neighborhood dispute. Upside down flags equaling distress have been a standard that I learned about as a child. The Pine Tree flag has a huge history going back to the Revolutionary war, and has been flow at every kind of event conceivable. Simply being flown on January 6th does not mean that Jan 6thers suddenly own it, any more than BLM owns it, or a music festival or county fair own it.

chx 2y ago

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jfengel 2y ago

Most cases are settled on apolitical lines because the cases themselves are apolitical. They are usually of little interest outside the judicial system itself. The cases that receive the most reporting are the ones that most affect people's lives. That's not bias on the part of the press. Nobody cares whether "the 60-day filing deadline in 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) is not jurisdictional." (Harrow vs DoD). The press is accurately reflecting the cases that matter.