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    Quote Originally Posted by Bethere View Post
    Immediately followed by celebrity apprentice.

    Neither show have I seen.

    How about you?
    Nope...
    I find your lack of faith...disturbing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
    Most people find politics boring. There's a reason we average a dismal 55% voter turnout (in presidential election years). That's fine. Nobody should be obligated to care about politics. Some people just want to live their lives and do their best to get by.

    Time to stop shaming people for not devouring politics like political junkies like me.
    I see recognizing the Justices more as knowing our legal system and how courts operate than being political, but, I agree that apathy abounds.

    How is it that our Canadian poster can name every one but the majority of Americans can't even name one? The only answer is that our public school system is failing our kids. Not every person is going to be interested, of course, but they should know at least ONE!

    I see nothing wrong with shaming them. Being able to name the Justices is one of the tests for immigrants so why not native born citizens?
    ""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bethere View Post
    Immediately followed by celebrity apprentice.

    Neither show have I seen.

    How about you?
    I haven't seen either of them, although I've seen small advertising clips and thought they both looked horrendously moronic.

    But, then again, I'm not really a fan of TV.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    I see recognizing the Justices more as knowing our legal system and how courts operate than being political, but, I agree that apathy abounds.

    How is it that our Canadian poster can name every one but the majority of Americans can't even name one? The only answer is that our public school system is failing our kids. Not every person is going to be interested, of course, but they should know at least ONE!

    I see nothing wrong with shaming them. Being able to name the Justices is one of the tests for immigrants so why not native born citizens?
    We don't learn them in high school unless we take an elective US history course (I didn't - I took all of the ancient history and medieval history classes, along with my mandatory Canadian history classes). Our news is dominated with US stories, though, and most of us pay at least a little bit of attention to it. Our 6pm news usually has a fair portion dedicated to world and US news. Certain social issues are very important to Canadians and there are several very important SCOTUS decisions that we know, which results in us knowing at least a few of the Justices. For example, when Obergefell v. Hodges took place, it would have been heavily covered in Canadian news and they would have broken down the votes. Over time, you just learn it.

    That said, there are probably a fair amount of Canadians who know at least one US Justice, but can't name one Canadian Justice. Our Supreme Court is less activist and you don't hear about them as often as SCOTUS. I know them because I took Canadian law classes. It is kind of funny in a sad way that we have more exposure to US policy/politics sometimes.

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    "Notorious RBG" lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    Most people are drooling idiots, that's evidenced by a lot of the $#@! we see here.

    Hooray for democracy...
    Take a bow, you are exhibit A.
    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I digress....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bo-4 View Post
    Notice @Common has NOTHING to say about the SMACKDOWN Donnie Dark got today ...
    Who is Donny Dark and this thread was started and is about americans not being able to name a single supreme court justice
    SO we'll go with silly Gorsuch Crap and the ignorance of the American People.

    AWESOME!!

    LETS GO BRANDON
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adelaide View Post
    We don't learn them in high school unless we take an elective US history course (I didn't - I took all of the ancient history and medieval history classes, along with my mandatory Canadian history classes). Our news is dominated with US stories, though, and most of us pay at least a little bit of attention to it. Our 6pm news usually has a fair portion dedicated to world and US news. Certain social issues are very important to Canadians and there are several very important SCOTUS decisions that we know, which results in us knowing at least a few of the Justices. For example, when Obergefell v. Hodges took place, it would have been heavily covered in Canadian news and they would have broken down the votes. Over time, you just learn it.

    That said, there are probably a fair amount of Canadians who know at least one US Justice, but can't name one Canadian Justice. Our Supreme Court is less activist and you don't hear about them as often as SCOTUS. I know them because I took Canadian law classes. It is kind of funny in a sad way that we have more exposure to US policy/politics sometimes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pickle View Post
    Why? We don't vote on SCOTUS members.
    If we did we'd be just as stoopid as those common wants to bar from voting....
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    Quote Originally Posted by nic34 View Post
    If we did we'd be just as stoopid as those common wants to bar from voting....
    I dunno about all that...
    I find your lack of faith...disturbing...

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