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Old 06-30-2015, 08:25 AM   #300 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth View Post
alright.. but my point was that i don't think the supreme court rules on the basis of popular opinion... so then the fact that the majority of the national populace happen to support decision the supreme court made is basically irrelevant.
Maybe not popular opinion but certainly their individual consciousness comes into play in their final rulings. And that's fueled in part by the popular will of the public.
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