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Americans who believed the U.S. Supreme Court held itself above the political fray are now becoming increasingly disillusioned in the wake of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new study.noted that, for decades, people on both sides of the political aisle tended to put the Supreme Court on a special pedestal, trusting it to make decisions fairly on the basis of law and precedent even as their trust in other U.S. institutions declined.
But the researchers noted that the number of polarized decisions have also been increasing more generally.Rulings “where all the justices nominated by Republican presidents voted as a bloc against all those nominated by Democratic ones” tripled between the 2018-2019 term and the 2021-2022 term, they said.in particular view the court as less trustworthy, and are more willing to indicate support for reforms, the study found.
“These findings suggest that at least part of the public increasingly sees the Court as politicians in robes, with troubling implications for its role in our democracy,” the researchers said.At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.
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