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America hasn't been lacking in abortion discourse in awhile. The leak potentially effected the outcome of both the decision and November's election -- more undermining of democracy.

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It certainly influenced the election and undermined the judiciary, but I'm not sure it undermined democracy.

For me, it mainly undermined my trust in the Supreme Court. I’d already lost trust in congress and the presidency. Now I have lost trust in all three branches of government. Complete corruption across the board.

Power didn't start corrupting people yesterday. That sentiment is pretty much the entire reason why the US government was designed to have three branches that checks and balance each other. You don't need to trust anyone in particular if you can trust the process.

Well, I no longer trust the process. That was the basic meaning behind everyone is corrupt.

I understand, i’m saying I don’t think it’s reasonable to make that jump.

The process has design features to specifically allow it to function even when run by corrupt people. That was the entire point, since the beginning.

SCOTUS is the least democratic of the three branches of government. Trust in SCOTUS hardly qualifies as trust in "democracy" at all. Unless I guess you're using "democracy" in a sense that is synonymous with all aspects of American government, which would be a mistake.

Are you all trying to make reference to the American Republic? We aren't a democracy, although our system does have democratic features.

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