WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PRESIDENT BEING ASKED TO OVERTURN AND AN ANALYSIS BY NATIONAL AFFAIRS FOUND THAT SINCE 2017 WENT JUSTICE GORSUCH WAS APPLIED, THE COURT HAS SHOWN AN INCREASE IN READINESS TO OVERTURN RESIDENT. THIS IS TRUE FOR LONG-STANDING PRECEDENTS. THE COURT OVERTURNED A PRECEDENT -- THAT IS A DECISION THAT THEY FIRST SIGNALED THEY WANTED TO -- WANTED -- THIS IS CALLED SIGNALING. JUSTICE ALITO SIGNALED HIS DESIRE TO REVISIT THAT DECISION. THESE TROOPS GOT THE MESSAGE. ALTHOUGH THEY CAME CLOSE IN 2016, JUSTICE SCALIA'S DEATH CAME FROM THE CALIFORNIA TEACHER ASSOCIATION. THE MINUTE THAT JUSTICE GORSUCH WAS CONFIRMED, THE COURT FINALLY HAD A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY TO OVERTURN THIS. I FOLLOWED THESE LINES VERY CLOSELY. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. THEY WAITED FOR JUSTICE GORSUCH. IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE COURTS ACKNOWLEDGED THESE JUSTICES DISSENTED IN OVERTURNING A PRECEDENT BANNING BURDENSOME AND UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS BASED ON ABORTION PROVIDERS. THIS PRECEDENT WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. NOW THE COURT IS POISED TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE EVEN THOUGH WOMEN HAVE RELIED ON THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE AN ABORTION FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. OF COURSE I AM NOT SUGGESTING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ARE SACROSANCT. I AM THANKFUL THE COURT DID REVISIT PRECEDENTS LIKE PLESSY V FERGUSON. BUT JUSTICES SHOULD NOT BE SEEN TO BE ADVANCING THEIR INDIVIDUAL , POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA. ONE RESULT OF THE NEW APPROACH IS PEOPLE'S VIEW OF THE COURT IS CHANGING FOR THE WORSE. A RECENT POLL FOUND THAT 42% OF AMERICANS APPROVE -- DISAPPROVE OF THE SUPREME COURT. THIS IS UP 15 POINTS FROM AUGUST OF 2020. SHORTLY BEFORE THE LATE JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG DIED AND AMY BARRETT WAS APPOINTED TO FILL HER SEAT. THERE IS AN IDEOLOGICAL SPLIT IN THIS CURRENT SUPREME COURT. THIS IS NOT BASED ON THE FACTS OR THE LAW. I THINK IT LEADS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE QUESTIONING WHETHER THE COURT IS A FAIR AND OBJECTIVE ARBITER OF CASES AND CONTROVERSY. YOU ARE ASKED EARLIER TODAY ABOUT YOUR GUANTANAMO DETAINEES. AS A FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, YOU ARE ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT GUANTANAMO DETAINEES. 