belief, that s going to go, too. there is that sense that they do care about what elites think. what makes them think they can avoid that if they are doing as ellie said, implementing right wing ideas, right wing christian orthodox that the majority of americans don t want. what makes you think they can do that and do they care ultimately? i think ellie has it exactly right. the court is by design an institution from the press of popular politics and we ve seen this repeatedly over the last four years. i think about john mccain putting his thumb down to maintain the affordable care act and then instead of just letting that ride an expression of the people s will, you saw the republicans immediately file suit in the texas district court to overturn it using the court weaponizing the courts as an instrument of politics. the question is whether the supreme court even cares about that. you know, the idea that the