Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of reforming the Supreme Court along lines proposed by President Joe Biden, even as approval for the high court is marked by a sharp political divide, according to a new USA TODAY-Ipsos election year poll.

A large majority – 76% of Americans – support a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court, according to the poll.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    3 months ago

    I find this part pretty telling:

    …63%, supported enacting an 18-year term limit for Supreme Court justices – who enjoy lifetime appointments – with a bare 51% of Republicans in favor along with 61% of independents and a whopping 83% of Democrats.

    But then:

    Some 58% of Republicans considered Biden’s long-shot proposal to impose term limits and enact a binding code of conduct on the high court a “major threat to democracy,” compared with 26% of independents and just 10% of Democrats.

    So basically most Republicans are like “yeah we need term limits… Wait, Biden wants term limits? Fuck that!”

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    3 months ago

    We need an entire legal reform but right now we really need to focus on the SC since that’s where the most damning issues lie with the nation as a whole.

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      3 months ago

      That statement had a lot more credit to it before Biden dropped out of the race due to disastrous polling.

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        Biden dropping out doesn’t give any more legitimacy to polls. They are inaccurate representations.

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          But… The polls helped prove the need for the pivot. You understand that, right?