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Maybe this is neither here nor there, but every time I hear about Congress and how people are desponded over its seeming lack of power I recall a point made by my political science professor. He made the point that there is quite an interesting difference between the Supreme Court and Congress. In Congress everything is public, all the prissy, inane and often boring machinations; in the Supreme Court, on the other hand, all the bickering is done behind closed doors. You never see the process. As a result of this openness it seems as though Congress is powerless, and generally counterproductive in most situations. The same though is never thought of the Supreme Court which seems to maintain an appearance of a united front, regardless of the fact that they can write a dissenting opinion on cases. I don’t know how much truth to asses to his point. This always seemed to make a lot of sense to me, and it may be a contributing factor in Congress’ constant low approval rating.
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