Vox Article
The supreme court has risen to be one of the most respected institutions in the U.S. which the judges are often seen as above other politicians. At the beginning of the video, they mentioned how the judges are both human and how there is a "3-year rule" were to really get to work it takes three years. This made me ponder how the human aspect of the justices factored into the supreme court. Justices are arguably the most revered figures in the U.S. political system. When examining this their seemed to be them lacking elections thus not having that linkage institution the public that other politicians have.
Supreme Court Justices not having elections isn't something that applies to the states nessacarily. In North Carolina, Supreme Court Justices are voted in which at first was a great surprise to me since I never knew that judges were voted in. Last semester I had the opportunity to hear Justice Paul Newby Speak who is a member of the North Carolina Supreme Court and is currently running for Chief Justice. Seeing him mention running for a Chief Justice really highlighted how much them not having elections changed their image. Justice Newby seemed like any politician due to seeing him talk about his campaign while every time a Federal Supreme Court nomination happens the judges seem to be these exaltedly high being, excluding our most former nomination, but as mentioned in this weeks video they still are human.
The idea of them being human often gets washed out by them being categorized as either conservative or liberal judges by the media which was seen with Justice Kavanaugh who many media outlets claimed was extremely conservative. This obsession with ideologies seems to dehumanize them even though most people including myself don't really understand what it means. Overall, this week's video, even if only part of it, really made me think about how much Justices are forgotten as humans instead of being seen as these all-knowing oracles by the public.
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