ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS

In its recently concluded term, the Supreme Court found itself in a storm of consequential cases, overturning precedents and taking controversial stances that shifted society and upheld constitutional values. Democrats have, in reaction, decried the Supreme Court, framing it as a rogue entity—a politicized institution that has lost its credibility. They lament what they perceive as a transformation for the worse. Yet, the truth is far more disturbing.

The truth is that the Supreme Court has remained practically unchanged. The only thing that has changed is the lengths to which the media is willing to go to lie to sway public opinion.

Venture onto social media platforms, peruse the pages of newspapers, tune into the cacophony of news cycles, and it’s challenging to find any incisive, in-depth analysis of these groundbreaking cases. Instead, the terrain is riddled with pundits and journalists spouting punchy one-liners, engrossed in a relentless campaign to persuade their audience that the Supreme Court has faltered in its decision-making and become nothing more than another branch of our legislature.

Today’s media landscape is marked by an audacious deception, fueled by an agenda to skew public opinion and subtly undermine the foundational principles that undergird our nation. Regrettably, and perhaps unsurprisingly, this often finds its mark. It taps into a flaw in our brains, one that favors apparent experts and short, easily digestible sound bites over complex, lengthy legal dissertations.

After all, even if the populace were inclined to pore over the court’s dense 40-plus-page opinions, can we realistically expect millions to grasp the nuanced labyrinth of legal precedent, or even the bare-bone fundamentals of the legal process and the Constitution? It’s challenging for lawyers who have spent their careers studying these topics to understand them, so how could anybody else do so—or even find the time to do so? It is this inherent impossibility that the media