Americans are losing trust in the U.S. Supreme Court

It should not be a big surprise to read that Americans continue to lose trust in the conduct and decisions of the seated U.S. Supreme Court. Six out of ten respondents to a recent survey conducted by Marist College of Poughkeepsie, New York said they have not much or no con dence in the highest court in the is is a continuing trend of declining trust in the once highly-regarded institution. Sixty two percent (62%) surveyed said they had little or no con dence in this court while 37% indicated a great deal or a good amount of con- dence. is is the lowest ratings in the ve years which Marist has been polling this question.

Obviously, there is a clear division among people in the two major political parties (no surprise). Fifty three percent (53%) of Republicans do have con dence in the court while only 39% of independents and 24% of Democrats do. e seated justices make up the most conservative court in decades according to NPR. It has made one conservative decision after another - from abortion and voting rights to LGBTQ rights and guns. Certainly Justice Clarence omas has fanned the ames of distrust and doubt with his recent disclosures. Another polling result showed 68% of respondents favored limiting justices to serve for a set period time.

Perhaps it is a ripe time to pursue a constitutional amendment to take away life-time appointments! I never thought it was a good idea in the rst place.

New westy municipal court building takes a key step e idea of a new municipal court building took a major step forward at last week’s council meeting. is kind of authorization is standard to have these early expenses included in any permanent nancing of the entire project.

Council approved reimbursement of eligible preliminary expenses involved with the new court building as the city proceeds with design and construction of the project. Such eligible expenses could include architectural, engineering, survey and soil testing.

While the council has decided