Social Theory September 28, 2020
U.S. President Trump announced last week that the female judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Barrett, was the Federal Supreme Court Justice, replacing the newly died of the Liberty Judge Kingsberg.This is the third conservative judge nominated by Trump's four -year president.As Trump's Republican Party controls the Senate, which is responsible for reviewing the judges, it is expected that it will be approved before the Presidential election in November.As the judge is a lifelong duty, if the 48 -year -old Barrett is appointed, the conservative judge of the Supreme Court of the Nine -person System will be increased to six, which will cause fierce opposition from Democrats who believe in progressiveism.
The Supreme Court is responsible for interpreting whether individual lawsuits violate the Constitution, and their rulings are higher than that of state justice and apply the whole country.The most far -reaching and controversial ruling in modern times, including the legalization of abortion and same -sex marriage.The conservatives represented by the Republican Party and the freedom represented by the Democratic Party are manifested in the fundamental differences of judicial differences appointed by the judges, because conservatives believe in originalism and liberals advocate living constitutionalism;It is believed that the constitution should inject new interpretations based on the changes in social values.Because of the high tear in American society in recent years, the basic consensus between the two parties has disappeared, and judicial differences are also highly political.
The fierce controversy caused by Barrett's nomination reflects the chaos of judicial politics.Although the Democratic Party has proposed various reasons, and the Trump is undoubtedly a political calculation of the Presidential election considerations, the Grand Justice appointed procedure nominated by the president and approved by the Senate is completely in line with the existing constitutional system and practice.At the same time, Barrett, as an outstanding professional woman, is a mother who raises seven children. It is highly politically correct in compliance with progressiveism. Democrats who are anxious and angry have questioned her Catholic beliefs and even attacked her to adopt two black people.Children are white colonial black practices.
The personal attack of the radical Democrats against Barrett highlights the United States under Trump's governance on the one hand, and the struggle of political parties has deteriorated to increasingly without bottom lines;Story of the country.Immigrants founded the 13th North American states were mainly to avoid religious persecution of old Europe.Therefore, at the constitutional conference after the victory of the independence war, in order to persuade the small state to join the United Nations Federation, many constitutional clauses to prevent religious persecution were established, respecting local autonomy, including speech and freedom of belief, the government must not interfere with citizen beliefs, and protectedThe election group system of the basic equity of small states.
Trump was unexpectedly elected president in 2016, and it was precisely by winning the votes of Xiaozhou election votes. At that time, although Democratic Party candidate Hillary had obtained a majority of votes across the country, he drank the sand field, which caused many Democrats to still not acknowledge Trump so far.President President's legitimacy.Because of the concerns of historical repeats, some Democrats continue to call for the abolition of the election group system.In addition, the legalization of abortion and homosexual marriage has also caused conservatives to attack religious persecution because as federal laws, states must not be rejected on the grounds of religious beliefs.Democrats are worried that with the conservativeness of the Supreme Court, abortion and same -sex marriage may be turned over in the future.
As a representative of judicial power separately, the US Federal Supreme Court should have surpassed politics in terms of institutional design.However, the social tear caused by the disparity between the United States and the poor has caused more and more people to lose trust in various public systems, including the Supreme Court.According to the data from the poll company, Gallop, the Americans's trust in the system in 2020 generally lowered the system. Congress was the most prestigious in the three powers, only 13%; the White House was 39%, and the Supreme Court was only 40%.Other important systems are not trusted, newspapers (24%), television news (18%), large enterprises (19%), criminal judicial system (24%).Only small enterprises (75%), military (72%) and medical treatment (51%) were trusted by Americans.
The people's trust in the system is a major prerequisite for the normal operation of any democratic system.The dispute caused by Barrett's appointment shows that the political crisis in the United States still has no signs of relief, and even public opinion is worried that the presidential election process may be fraud, and even the result of the election is not accepted by the defeat.If this phenomenon occurs, not only the United States is in danger, but the global order may also feel shock.
