Originally posted by
Octopus Garden
She makes the point that the court has to be constantly aware of appearing illegitimate if they are too swayed by politics. Okay....good..Courts are irrelevant if there is consensus withing the military to overturn the elections, though. Plus, appearing illegitimate to who? Almost half of the U.S. would be just fine with a coup and figure the court was helping to save them all.
Half of America is now fully participating in a personality cult, plus a large number of those are rabid Christians who don't get the "render unto Ceasar" passage in the bible.