Has Supreme Court forgotten who the law serves?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings have resurfaced the long-standing debate over whether the United States is a constitutional republic or a democracy. A debate which many experts give a gray-area answer— that we are both— a hybrid.

It might first be beneficial to give a refresher on your high school government class. A democracy functions as a form of government where power is “vested in the people and is exercised by them directly,” through functions such as popular voting. While, a constitutional republic is a state in which the interests of the people are represented by their elected officials. Additionally, the constitution has the highest power over the general public’s opinions.

A recent NPR poll found 64 percent of Americans opposed the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. To first hear that the majority of our citizens’ interests are not represented by the Supreme Court had ignited a wave of anger, we have seen in recent weeks.

However many people have been getting angry without actually knowing: How was this able to happen, and was it technically the right decision for the Supreme Court to make? The five justices who voted in favor of overturning Roe were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote. Ouch, that one hurt.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-has-supreme-court-forgotten-who-the-law-serves/

[grumpyduck]

1. Well, the majority certainly thinks

the law serves the conservatives.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The laws serve to protect the elite and allow them to impose draconian laws on everyone else.

And of course the elite does not have to follow the law. And the law does not protect the masses.

[SheltieLover]

3. Nor are the elite punished for not following their own laws.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Of course the laws do not apply to the elite.

The law does not bind the elite, only protects.
The law only binds the masses, does not protect them.

[SheltieLover]

6. Right!

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. The problem is

that the majority serves another master....the Dark Lords who bankroll the Federalist Society.

[Chainfire]

7. The SC supports the government of the many by the few.

[Bucky]

8. The law serves those who squat on the levers of power

And they've been squatting all over those levers for decades. They're pretty sure they own them now

[slightlv]

9. The "law"

has only served to bind the great unwashed masses... and that's whether we're talking civil law or religious law. The elite, the PTB, those with the money and the power answer to no one, and command everyone. So it always has been, and unless something major changes, so it will always be.