In this video, we explore the pivotal role of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in shaping democracy and influencing presidential elections. Discover how the appointment of justices can sway political landscapes, affect key legislation, and determine the balance of power in America. Join us as we delve into the impact of these judicial appointments on the electoral process and what it means for the future of U.S. politics.
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00:00Ever wondered what the Supreme Court of the United States had to do with the presidential elections?
00:05Hello, I'm Prerna Shanil and I'm standing next to the SCOTUS building here in Washington, D.C.
00:10Now, we're just a few days away from the elections. It's interesting to reflect upon the role
00:15Supreme Court justices play in creating a check and balance
00:18between the different branches of the government.
00:24We are one people, one family.
00:27We stand for freedom.
00:29The power to appoint the Supreme Court justices belong exclusively to the U.S.
00:34president with the majority vote approval of the Senate.
00:39I think that's one of the first differences and a very stark difference that I noticed when I
00:44started my studies here as opposed to India that the Supreme Court judges are elected by
00:50by the president, appointed by the president. And it was so, it's always been very strange to me
00:55that politicians can appoint judges and the judges can have this ideology or
01:02very clear allegiance to a particular party and then be elected.
01:07But after studying the law here and looking at the election season, it's obviously a very big
01:15issue because I think the last government, the government before this one, had an opportunity
01:21to appoint one of the largest number of judges that any governments have had in the recent past.
01:26And so they could influence the ideology of the Supreme Court and these are lifetime appointments.
01:34So once you have people belonging to a certain ideology on the bench, you can't remove them
01:41once the government changes anyway. So you've decided already how most things are going to be
01:48decided at the Supreme Court level and that is how we have judgments like overturning of Roe v. Wade.
01:56So I can see why it's a major issue even in this election because it determines for the rest of
02:02the Supreme Court's tenure how the decisions are going to come out. You already know what
02:06decisions are going to say. So I think that's why it's become more concerning and even though
02:11the system was working okay till now, it's been more concerning in the recent years.
02:16President Donald Trump appointed three conservative justices during his term
02:20which led to the court's dramatic swing to the right.
02:24Ada, why do you think Supreme Court has become such a driving force in the 2024 elections?
02:30I think it's become such a big issue in the US because the Supreme Court has been making a lot
02:36of decisions recently that are really out of step with the majority of what people in the US think.
02:43With the overturning of Roe v. Wade that was historically unpopular and even decisions that
02:51are not really as widely covered in the media like the overturning of the Chevron doctrine
02:57to quickly explain that it invalidates a portion of the law which is the foundation for a lot of
03:06regulation in the US and it's going to have a huge effect as it's applied throughout the legal
03:15system and there's a feeling I think that so the reason that these decisions have been able to be
03:24made is because there's a very organized effort by the Republican Party and conservatives to
03:30through the Federalist Society kind of pick people who they think would be judges that agree
03:37with their philosophy and just to have lists for all the conservative politicians once they get
03:44in office to be able to just pick someone off the list and put them into office and put them in a
03:50position to be quickly promoted and there's a very organized effort to do that within the Republican
03:57Party in a way that doesn't exist for the Democratic Party and I think there's a feeling
04:02that that organization and that strategy has allowed views that are not what the majority
04:13of people hold and are not even what most lawyers hold. That strategy has allowed a lot of
04:20decisions to come about that much of the legal community thinks are baseless and illogical.
04:29Do you think if Donald Trump comes to power or if Kamala Harris comes to power
04:35what is going to be the ratio of judges Republicans or Democrats in Supreme Court at this point?
04:43Well currently it's a 6-3 majority for conservatives on the court.
04:48I really I'm not I'm not sure what would happen. It all depends on the vacancies
04:54who decides to retire or who dies in office so I'm not really sure but
05:01Trump's appointments have certainly locked in a conservative majority for decades at least.
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