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    The supreme court is supposed to be a 'check' on the political process. Is it still? | Erwin Chemerinsky

    In two decisions announced on Thursday, the court’s conservative majority dodged its duty to protect the political process
    by Erwin Chemerinsky Jun 27, 2019 4 minutes
    ‘Gerrymandering undermines the democratic process: No longer do voters choose their elected officials; elected officials now choose their voters.’ Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

    The most important role of the federal judiciary, including the supreme court, is to check the political process by enforcing the constitution.

    At times, the court has performed this role admirably, as it did when it brought an end to the laws that created apartheid and required legal segregation of the races. At other times, the court has failed miserably – for example in continually upholding slavery before the civil war, and in allowing the government to intern 110,000 Japanese-Americans during the second world war.

    As the supreme court finished its term on Thursday, it once again had a mixed record of being willing to stand up to the political process.

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