Roe vs Wade vs SCOTUS legitimacy

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(05-04-2022, 03:51 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Just for some historical perspective, the SCOTUS could have been, and likely was, defying the will of the people with the original Roe ruling and Brown v. Board of Education, and the same sex marriage decision, just to name a few.  The job of the SCOTUS, ostensibly, is to apply the constitution and determine the validity of a law, action, etc. before it.  It's job is absolutely not to do the will of the people as there have been many times throughout history, in every nation, where the will of the people was abhorrent.

Now, whether you think that they are fulfilling that purpose properly or not is a different matter entirely.

Fair enough, but why are they appointed by presidents that we vote for?  Or is this just another area where our system was never meant to be this bi-partisan and this powerful?

The last refuge of the neo con who didn't like Trump was that he was going to appoint conservative SC justices who would, supposedly, rule in a conservative manner.  

My view on all this is more about how twisted and chaotic the viewpoint of the American populace is.  We complain about how divided we are, and yet one thing where some 80% agree is being overturned...just seems like another wacky day in the life, I suppose.