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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I'm not sure about this. I believe conservatives (people/voters) in the US also want to the courts to be biased in their favor because again, they believe that otherwise the courts will be biased the other way 'to let the evil liberals destroy the world'. It's easy to say the GOP are manipulating the courts and brainwashing the public but i think it's the opposite, I think the egg came before the chicken. The people keep voting these people in because they are scared and want their reps to put elephants on the their side of the seesaw. Abortion, guns, immigration and healthcare are not really issues we face in Canada. But in the States, if you are conservative, you really feel the sky is falling.
Therefore, if progressives really want to put through their changes, healthcare, climate change, gun control, abortion etc.. they have to put bomb-throwers on their side of the seesaw.
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That may be true. I don't really have data to draw on to support my opinion. I'm assuming that most people just don't think that much about the supreme court and that they themselves assume that what they learned about the legal system growing up is the way things should and actually do operate.
Of course anyone, whether conservative or liberal, wants institutions that create the society they think is best.