Sharon McMahon

Yeah. Yeah.

It's your normal human instinct to be like, you should no longer walk the earth if you did that to my children. And that is why we can't have laws based on our base instincts. Yeah, exactly. That is why we need to have laws that are principled and not based on the emotional anger that somebody feels in a given moment.

It's your normal human instinct to be like, you should no longer walk the earth if you did that to my children. And that is why we can't have laws based on our base instincts. Yeah, exactly. That is why we need to have laws that are principled and not based on the emotional anger that somebody feels in a given moment.

It's your normal human instinct to be like, you should no longer walk the earth if you did that to my children. And that is why we can't have laws based on our base instincts. Yeah, exactly. That is why we need to have laws that are principled and not based on the emotional anger that somebody feels in a given moment.

Exactly. It's a lot of arrogance. I think you're right.

Exactly. It's a lot of arrogance. I think you're right.

Exactly. It's a lot of arrogance. I think you're right.

Yeah, I mean, it is true that they're not supposed to be making decisions based on what is popular, which is what politicians often do. They make decisions that will help them get reelected as opposed to principled decisions. So, yes, that's the idea.

Yeah, I mean, it is true that they're not supposed to be making decisions based on what is popular, which is what politicians often do. They make decisions that will help them get reelected as opposed to principled decisions. So, yes, that's the idea.

Yeah, I mean, it is true that they're not supposed to be making decisions based on what is popular, which is what politicians often do. They make decisions that will help them get reelected as opposed to principled decisions. So, yes, that's the idea.

behind it that we are removed from public opinion that's why the members of the Supreme Court have lifetime appointments and so there's almost always a gap between what happens theoretically and what happens on the ground right theoretically it insulates you from popular opinion so that you only make principle decisions

behind it that we are removed from public opinion that's why the members of the Supreme Court have lifetime appointments and so there's almost always a gap between what happens theoretically and what happens on the ground right theoretically it insulates you from popular opinion so that you only make principle decisions

behind it that we are removed from public opinion that's why the members of the Supreme Court have lifetime appointments and so there's almost always a gap between what happens theoretically and what happens on the ground right theoretically it insulates you from popular opinion so that you only make principle decisions

What it can also mean is that it allows people who potentially are corrupt or people who potentially are not playing by the rules, it allows them to stay in power excessively because it's too difficult to get rid of them. So there's always a give and take when it comes to these issues. Yes, it's a good idea in theory, but in reality, it means the following things.

What it can also mean is that it allows people who potentially are corrupt or people who potentially are not playing by the rules, it allows them to stay in power excessively because it's too difficult to get rid of them. So there's always a give and take when it comes to these issues. Yes, it's a good idea in theory, but in reality, it means the following things.

What it can also mean is that it allows people who potentially are corrupt or people who potentially are not playing by the rules, it allows them to stay in power excessively because it's too difficult to get rid of them. So there's always a give and take when it comes to these issues. Yes, it's a good idea in theory, but in reality, it means the following things.

But you're right that there's meant to be a lack of reactivity to public opinion on the part of the court system. And sometimes a court gets it wrong.

But you're right that there's meant to be a lack of reactivity to public opinion on the part of the court system. And sometimes a court gets it wrong.

But you're right that there's meant to be a lack of reactivity to public opinion on the part of the court system. And sometimes a court gets it wrong.

Sometimes a court has gotten it wrong. They got it real wrong when it came to Plessy v. Ferguson saying that African-Americans were not citizens of the United States, even if they were born here. They got it real wrong in the Korematsu case, which is what found it constitutionally permissible to incarcerate Japanese-Americans. The Supreme Court actually said it was fine that they did that.