The far Reich SCROTUS will force Dems hands. As soon as SCROTUS rips away healthcare from millions of people, Dems will recognize that no matter how popular the piece of legislation, no matter how big the vote in favor, or how carefully crafted it is, this radical SCROTUS will take up any lunatic challenge if it meets their objective of a conservative Christian theocracy/oligarchy where all money flows to the top. Next, they'll be coming for your birth control, and I expect that even Social Security and Medicare (if they survive thanks to Dotard) will be in front of the court in a few years.

I don't recall who wrote it, but I read a column recently that was spot-on. I've long believed that the reason the GOP was working like meth-crazed weasels to re-make the courts at the expense of everything else is because they recognize that they are quickly becoming forever a minority party and this is their last gasp to hold onto some semblance of power. The column opened my eyes to the idea that the courts will actually push our government further Reich, because they are willing to make rulings that will destroy popular programs where elected officials were not willing to make those same uncomfortable votes, ACA is a prime example.

If Dems are serious about climate change legislation, about a $15 dollar minimum wage, about a public option, about preserving Medicare and SS, about congressional subpoenas having the force of law, this craven move by the GOP will force the Dems to act. Early in this next legislative session, they will have to re-balance the courts because they are tilted so far to the Reich that even moderately liberal laws, programs or pieces of legislation will not survive SCROTUS scrutiny!

I've heard Dems talk about everything from adding 4 seats to adding eleven seats. The latter would make SCOTUS like one of the Courts of Appeals. Judges would be assigned to cases via lottery, so nobody would know the makeup of the panel until after the lots are drawn. I like this idea. It makes SCOTUS much less of a political football, since one or two hard left or Reich wingers will have much less influence on the court's decisions. That way, the fever swamps in red states will be less likely to make obviously bad policy just so they can force a vote in an effort to take down policy they don't like such as ACA or Roe in front of a Reich Wing court.

The lower courts will also have to be increased by about 30% to water down the Dotard/Moscow Mitch effect.