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United States: why the Supreme Court is increasingly contested

2022-05-13T13:25:16.098Z


DECRYPTION – Since the revelations of Politico, the demonstrations against the Supreme Court are linked, and the legitimacy of this jurisdiction, once sacred, is weakened.


The anger of pro-abortion activists in the United States continues unabated.

Politico

's revelations

of an internal memo to the Supreme Court that the court is preparing to overturn the right to abortion have created a great stir.

The same evening, demonstrators surrounded the homes of three conservative judges, Samuel Alito - the origin of this note -, Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts.

These scenes particularly worried the Senate which, on May 9, unanimously passed a law to provide "

immediate protection

" to the nine judges of the Supreme Court and their families.

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In addition to the particularity of the right in question – abortion – which has crystallized tensions between progressives and conservatives for nearly 50 years, these demonstrations also illustrate the gradual decline in the legitimacy of the Supreme Court in the eyes of American litigants.

A familiar instance

However, the jurisdiction started from above.

Its power is considerable: it decides as a last resort on constitutionality...

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Source: lefigaro

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