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Episode Synopsis
• Professor finds the source
• “The problem with the court is that it has become too political”
(Total Recorded Time is 26:19)
(Chandler, Arizona) -- Americans’ approval of the U.S. Supreme Court and their trust in it are near their lowest points ever, according to a September survey by the polling firm Gallup.
It says the public is divided over whether the court’s ideology is about right or too conservative.
Going forward, says Gallup, concerns about Supreme Court justices’ acceptance of gifts and lavish trips, particularly among two conservative justices, may further sap the public’s approval of and trust in the nation’s highest court.
Joseph Russomanno doesn’t mince words. He says it’s a stench.
The Arizona State University professor, who specializes in studying the First Amendment, says the Court has transformed itself from a revered institution into nothing more than just another political institution, which is a primary reason the Court’s public popularity has plummeted.
In his book, "The 'Stench' of Politics: Polarization and Worldview on the Supreme Court," (Lexington Books, (November 2022), Mr. Russomanno explains how the Supreme Court has been transformed.
Mr. Russomanno says the high court could be moved back to a more nonpartisan middle ground. “One is term limits,”he says.
If the jurists had “an end point to each of their times on the court, that would be helpful.”
He also says the court ought to be expanded to perhaps 13 members instead of nine. He says just nine would hear a case, similar to the way lower federal courts work.
“The problem with the court is that it has become too political,” Mr. Russomanno says.
In addition to teaching thousands of ASU students Mr. Russomanno, who received his doctorate in 1993 from the University of Colorado, has written nearly two dozen refereed journal articles, five books, nearly two dozen conference papers and nearly 40 published reviews and commentaries.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/JRussomanno
• “The problem with the court is that it has become too political”
(Total Recorded Time is 26:19)
(Chandler, Arizona) -- Americans’ approval of the U.S. Supreme Court and their trust in it are near their lowest points ever, according to a September survey by the polling firm Gallup.
It says the public is divided over whether the court’s ideology is about right or too conservative.
Going forward, says Gallup, concerns about Supreme Court justices’ acceptance of gifts and lavish trips, particularly among two conservative justices, may further sap the public’s approval of and trust in the nation’s highest court.
Joseph Russomanno doesn’t mince words. He says it’s a stench.
The Arizona State University professor, who specializes in studying the First Amendment, says the Court has transformed itself from a revered institution into nothing more than just another political institution, which is a primary reason the Court’s public popularity has plummeted.
In his book, "The 'Stench' of Politics: Polarization and Worldview on the Supreme Court," (Lexington Books, (November 2022), Mr. Russomanno explains how the Supreme Court has been transformed.
Mr. Russomanno says the high court could be moved back to a more nonpartisan middle ground. “One is term limits,”he says.
If the jurists had “an end point to each of their times on the court, that would be helpful.”
He also says the court ought to be expanded to perhaps 13 members instead of nine. He says just nine would hear a case, similar to the way lower federal courts work.
“The problem with the court is that it has become too political,” Mr. Russomanno says.
In addition to teaching thousands of ASU students Mr. Russomanno, who received his doctorate in 1993 from the University of Colorado, has written nearly two dozen refereed journal articles, five books, nearly two dozen conference papers and nearly 40 published reviews and commentaries.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/JRussomanno
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