Historically, the Supreme Court has made many bad decision where it chose to not strike down oppressive rights of racial minorities such as cases like Korematsu v. U.S. which allowed the removal of Japanese-American from the West Coast during WWII or the case of Plessy v. Ferguson which allowed racial segregation.
Public opinion enacts some restrictions on unfair policies but with a government as large and complex as ours, many of its abuses are not known to voters, because we generally pay little attention to public policy if it doesn’t affect us. Also, some of the worst abuses target groups disliked by mainstream public opinion, such as unpopular ethnic and religious minorities. This was the case with Korematsu v. U.S., which I think the
Public opinion enacts some restrictions on unfair policies but with a government as large and complex as ours, many of its abuses are not known to voters, because we generally pay little attention to public policy if it doesn’t affect us. Also, some of the worst abuses target groups disliked by mainstream public opinion, such as unpopular ethnic and religious minorities. This was the case with Korematsu v. U.S., which I think the