Faith in the Supreme Court is down. Voters now say they want changes.
The Supreme Court faces a legitimacy crisis at the dawn of its new term, and a majority of voters support reforms such as a binding code of ethics and term limits.
A new POLITICO | Morning Consult poll shows three-in-four voters want the justices bound to an ethics code, the most popular reform proposal in the survey.
Unlike the other two branches of the government, the judiciary is largely immune to public opinion. But the court is starting to feel some pressure, and when it convenes on Monday for the first time since June, it will be grappling not only with a slate of new cases, but also controversies around the justices’ finances and jurisprudence.
The nine justices, unlike lower-court judges, don’t have a formal ethics code — an omission that’s come under scrutiny amid a spate of news stories digging into trips taken and benefits received by Clarence Thomas, and, to a lesser degree, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor.
[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/30/supreme-court-ethics-poll-00119236|
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This is anecdotal, but all my adult life I've only had a few family & friends who were as diligent about voting as I was. Especially as a young adult, most of my friends voted once every four years or only if a candidate inspired them. I had a few who bragged about never voting cuz you know, voting doesn't make a difference. 
If voting didn't make a difference, why do they work so hard to keep you from voting? ~bumper sticker.
