With regard to public opinion, the supreme court: (a) ignores it in order to make decisions that are based on enduring values rather than the public's passing whims. (b) remains uninformed about it because justices stay on the bench for life and never face the public scrutiny of an election. (c) attempts to stay close enough to public opinion so as to avoid outright defiance of its decisions. (d) attempts to follow it very closely in order to create public enthusiasm for its rulings. (e) none of these answers is correct.