Showing posts with label US judicial system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US judicial system. Show all posts

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Only 35% of Americans trust the US judicial system. This is catastrophic; The Guardian, December 21, 2024

David Daley, The Guardian; Only 35% of Americans trust the US judicial system. This is catastrophic

"It’s not surprising that Americans have lost all faith in something as anti-democratic as an unelected body (with a majority appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote) granted lifetime fiefdoms to cast final judgement over acts of the elected branches, without any accountability or ethics code that might, for example, prevent them from taking luxury vacations paid by billionaire benefactors."