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Exposure vs Understanding - Supreme Court of the United States

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     If you have done any scrolling on social media platforms recently, I can almost guarantee that you have come across something relating to the supreme court. This system of the American government has been headlining local news articles, trending on Twitter, being the hot topic for social media activists on Instagram, and flooding the for-you page on tik tok. Almost every American citizen is exposed to the major decisions made by the supreme court through social media. Platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, etc. allow users, specifically American citizens to be exposed to the decisions made by the SCOTUS. Social media allows major political decisions made by the Supreme Court to get a tremendous amount of exposure.  Recently, as I am sure you are aware, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the  decision made in the Roe vs. Wade case. This decision got a large amount of coverage through news outlets, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram,...