The motivation for the court to rule against plurality voting likely wouldn’t be on the basis of the values that make you consider plurality voting unfair but that doesn’t mean that they won’t do it for other reasons.
Adopting approval voting would weaken the extreme sides of both the Republican and Democrat parties. It weakens the threat of the extreme wing of either party primarying a congressman or senator because they are not radical enough.
The Supreme court certainly doesn’t like the far-left wing of the Democratic party. When it comes to the Republican party, given how insane the far-right of the Republican party happens to be I think it’s plausible that they prefer a more moderate Republican to a far-right Republican as well.
Agreed. Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are generally considered center-right.
In addition, Chief Justice Roberts made it clear on multiple occasions he is concerned with public confidence in the court. This would give them a chance to prove they are non-partisan, on an issue that literally pits the people against incumbent major parties. And as I point out in my case, allowing greater freedom of expression on the ballot that translates into more representative elected officials should help with public trust in general.
I wouldn’t expect them to want to make voting more fair.
The motivation for the court to rule against plurality voting likely wouldn’t be on the basis of the values that make you consider plurality voting unfair but that doesn’t mean that they won’t do it for other reasons.
Adopting approval voting would weaken the extreme sides of both the Republican and Democrat parties. It weakens the threat of the extreme wing of either party primarying a congressman or senator because they are not radical enough.
The Supreme court certainly doesn’t like the far-left wing of the Democratic party. When it comes to the Republican party, given how insane the far-right of the Republican party happens to be I think it’s plausible that they prefer a more moderate Republican to a far-right Republican as well.
Agreed. Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are generally considered center-right.
In addition, Chief Justice Roberts made it clear on multiple occasions he is concerned with public confidence in the court. This would give them a chance to prove they are non-partisan, on an issue that literally pits the people against incumbent major parties. And as I point out in my case, allowing greater freedom of expression on the ballot that translates into more representative elected officials should help with public trust in general.