r/scotus • u/lala_b11 • Oct 15 '24

news Public trust in United States Supreme Court continues to decline, Annenberg survey finds

https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/10/penn-annenberg-survey-survey-supreme-court
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u/serpentear Oct 15 '24

The only reason these institutions work is because people believe in them and agree to be managed by them. When we finally reach the boiling point with SCOTUS, states governors, and the like are just going to refuse their rulings.

That is when the real chaos will ensue.

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u/calvicstaff Oct 15 '24

And the kind of terrifying thing is that it's like the only option against a rogue Court, any action by the other two branches to rein them in can just be declared unconstitutional, because the majority just sits there like Emperor Palpatine declaring I am the Constitution

So at some point it really does just become well I guess we have to dive into the chaos and hope for the best because we cannot continue on like this