Thank you, you worded it really well. A lot of us are just trying to live a quiet life with dignity. I work for a large company that considers itself progressive in these matters. Everybody with access to my background (HR, upper management) is constantly letting me know that "they know" about my background, they win awards for how well they treat me, and feel-good stuff like "they're with me". It's hell.
...and yet, they aren't meant to be. The system was designed such that the legislative branch would produce the most fundamental and enduring changes to our system of laws.
Looking to the SCOTUS to make legal/societal reforms is not only counter to the design, it's dangerous as it enables one branch to usurp the power of another.
Moreover because they are appointed for life and appointed by the president, this new paradigm effectively erodes the most deliberative and democratic institution we have - the Legislature.
It's sad to see such judicial advocacy so broadly applauded.
I suspect the reason the courts are so ready to act to change law, rather than arbitrate law, is a consequence of the ineffectiveness of congress. ...which is, in turn, a consequence of the political polarization worsening in America.
I wish we could return to an environment of more constructive in-depth discussions and less a war of emotional hyperbolic soundbites.
> I expected to be downvoted by conservatives, but not this fast.
What makes you think that you were downvoted by conservatives? You probably were downvoted by people who disagreed with you, but I don't see any particular reason to believe that they are conservative. As someone else pointed out downthread, it seems equally likely that you would be downvoted for saying something that could be construed as positive about Trump, or for that matter by someone who felt that you should be downvoted for even mentioning his name. Or maybe you are right. I'd love for downvotes to require some sort of public attribution of reasoning to avoid amplification of misunderstanding.