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Only a quarter of Americans have confidence in this pillar of American democracy, which has become more conservative than the country but which nevertheless decides for itself.
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From our correspondent in the United States, Claire Meynial
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To Washington, demonstrations against the Supreme Court follow one another. Often in front of the august building, barricaded. But the year is over. So, several evenings a week, processions with banners and drums go to the houses of conservative judges. That night, it’s Chevy Chase, Maryland, where opulent colonial mansions sit on manicured lawns. Head to the homes of Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts. “We’re going to walk on the sidewalk, repeat the slogans, we come back and we do the loop again, it’s a double ‘Fuck you’ to these guys”, orders Nikki Enfield, organizer, in a megaphone.
She insists on non-violence: on June 8, an armed man came from California to Kavanaugh’s house with the plan to kill him. On the green lawn…
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