I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.
Sam BrownbackI believe, assume the power to decide more political than legal issues in nature, the people naturally focus less on the law and more on the lawyers that are chosen really to administer the law.
Sam BrownbackI'd pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up.
Sam BrownbackThe people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues.
Sam Brownback