# How much do you think the Supreme Court justices follow the political news?

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**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-the-supreme-court-justices-follow-the-political-news/842169 "2019-10-23T01:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-the-supreme-court-justices-follow-the-political-news/842169/1 "2019-10-23T01:05:07Z")

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They are smart people and I can’t imagine them barring themselves from knowledge of the potentially cataclysmic current events happening now. So, I assume they read and watch like everyone else. What sources (or source) they go to, I don’t know. I suppose they may even leave breadcrumbs around to indicate that they sample a number of sources and from different parts of the political news spectrum.

I hope they have enough intellectual and legal discipline to remain open minded but although they are indeed smart, they are also human.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-the-supreme-court-justices-follow-the-political-news/842169/2 "2019-10-23T01:31:19Z")

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"…no matther whether th’ constitution follows th’ flag or not, th’ supreme coort follows th’ iliction returns.” – Mr. Dooley, c 1898.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-the-supreme-court-justices-follow-the-political-news/842169/3 "2019-10-23T12:54:20Z")

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**RealityChuck** , you beat me to it!

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-the-supreme-court-justices-follow-the-political-news/842169/4 "2019-10-23T13:57:36Z")

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> [@KarlGauss](#):
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> I hope they have enough intellectual and legal discipline to remain open minded but although they are indeed smart, they are also human.

Bush v. Gore proved they are actively political, and willing to make decisions on a partisan basis. Hardly the only case, but one well know and obvious example.