Opinion: Armstrong Williams: The American public needs better education on Supreme Court rulings
In its recently concluded term, the Supreme Court found itself in a storm of consequential cases, overturning precedents and taking controversial stances that shifted society and upheld constitutional values. Democrats have, in reaction, decried the Supreme Court, framing it as a rogue entity—a politicized institution that has lost its credibility. They lament what they perceive as a transformation for the worse. Yet, the truth is far more disturbing.
Venture onto social media platforms, peruse the pages of newspapers, tune into the cacophony of news cycles, and it’s challenging to find any incisive, in-depth analysis of these groundbreaking cases. Instead, the terrain is riddled with pundits and journalists spouting punchy one-liners, engrossed in a relentless campaign to persuade their audience that the Supreme Court has faltered in its decision-making and become nothing more than another branch of our legislature.
After all, even if the populace were inclined to pore over the court’s dense 40-plus-page opinions, can we realistically expect millions to grasp the nuanced labyrinth of legal precedent, or even the bare-bone fundamentals of the legal process and the Constitution? It’s challenging for lawyers who have spent their careers studying these topics to understand them, so how could anybody else do so—or even find the time to do so? It is this inherent impossibility that the media capitalizes on to...
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