Professor Kromphardt
PSC 314
December 7, 2014
Write Up
This final write up, and week of class, had to pertain with the implications that Supreme Court decisions have in the United States. Decisions that are made through the judicial system, are the result of many hours of deliberation and contemplation. These rulings and decisions can pertain to many topics, and can bind parties in the litigation, or the entire nation as a whole! When these decisions are made and passed down, they are extremely powerful and far reaching. Decisions can alter how people conduct their daily lives, while at the same time effecting how the court is viewed throughout the nation. For example, when the Bush Gore decision was handed down, many of the dissenters of the decision, believed that the courts legacy would be tarnished. The result of this decision did have some effects on the court, Democrats began not to trust the court, and a study concluded some legitimacy was lost. While not as recent, an actual example of the courts reputation being forever altered was the separate is equal decision by the Taney court. This decision is still seen as one of the all time worst rulings made by the Supreme Court. Just as the Gore v Bush case resulted in respect lost for the court, this decision had the same effects but on a much larger scale. SSB, for the most part tries to point out all of these mistakes that the Supreme Court has made over its tenure, but this is truly unfair. The Supreme Court has not choice but to handle such controversial topics such as abortion, religion, healthcare, civil rights, and many more, that normally result with a group of people unsatisfied. In the current country we live, it is impossible for the Supreme Court to satisfy everyones desires that come before the court. In addition to ruling on controversial topics and cases that have great impact on society, the Supreme Court also must worry that the lower courts, Congress, the Executive, and the citizens, fully adopt