Reining In The Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett's nomination would make the Supreme Court more conservative than it has been in decades, even more conservative than the majority of the public. But one piece of research suggests that an out-of-step Court will not just have its way. This paper from Tom Clark, Professor of Political Science at Emory University, shows why our new conservative Court may still follow public opinion.
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Show Notes
The appointment of Amy Coney Barrett would make the Supreme Court more conservative than it has been in decades. Importantly, it also would be more conservative than the majority of the public. But one piece of political science research suggests that an out-of-step Court will not simply have its way in the years ahead.
Judges like to present themselves as arbiters of the law, free from the entanglements of politics. But work from Tom Clark, Professor of Political Science at Emory University, calls that idea into question, and shows why our new conservative Court may still follow public opinion.
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