The approval rating of the nation’s highest court stands at 40 per cent, according to a new poll

The approval rating of the nation’s highest court stands at 40 per cent, according to a new poll

The Supreme Court’s approval rating has plunged to one of its lowest levels yet ahead of a ruling on Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president.

The approval rating of the nation’s highest court stands at 40 per cent, according to the latest poll released by Marquette Law School on Wednesday.

The latest numbers rival only those of July 2022, when only 38 per cent of US adults said they approved of the Supreme Court and 61 per cent disapproved – just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    112·
    9 months ago

    The metaphor of boiling the frog gradually over a long period Vs dropping the frog into already boiling water is apt. You place a frog into a pot of room temperature water and then gradually turn up the heat until it is boiling. This prevents the frog from jumping out of the pot, something it physically could do at any time, because it doesn’t perceive the graduality of the temperature changes.

    Ima let you finish, but they’ve done this experiment and the frog jumps out. It also becomes increasingly active as the temperature rises.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

    And frogs are cool so I get sick of the “frog boiling” slander, though I understand the metaphor.

    • beardown
      23·
      9 months ago

      I understand that it isn’t what is done when cooking frogs. It’s a metaphor, and i used it only for its value of analogy

      • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        11·
        9 months ago

        You were literally like a bull in a china shop with your response.

        You were respectful and answered nicely. See Myth Busters. 😉

        • beardown
          31·
          9 months ago

          You were literally like a bull in a china shop with your response.

          You were respectful and answered nicely

          What?