During focus groups, such as those shared on Sarah Longwell's often-infuriating-but-always-illuminating podcast, voters often assume "everyone" in politics is corrupt.
In the past couple of years, there have been two dominant stories driving down the public's respect for the Supreme Court: bad rulings and outright corruption.
However, polling data suggests the soaring disapproval ratings of the Supreme Court owe more to their bad decisions, though stories about corruption are not helping.
The public's trust in the court started to tank especially hard after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the case that overturned five decades of abortion rights.
In fact, the court's corruption is deeply intertwined with the bad decisions that are inflicting harm on millions of people.
She's well-positioned to explain how elite corruption is a big reason why the Supreme Court keeps issuing dangerous opinions that hurt ordinary people.
In her speech introducing the articles, Ocasio-Cortez drew a direct line between the corruption of Thomas and Alito and "the suffering of the American people." »
