US Supreme Court is Illegitimate and Must be Replaced
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don't suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
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In Donald Trump's second term, the supreme court's conservative supermajority has seized the opportunity to empower the nation's chief executive. In response, public approval of the court has collapsed
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"Rather than adhere to the same institutionalist strategies that helped our current crisis, reformers must insist on remaking institutions like the US supreme court so that Americans don't have to suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule that makes a parody of the democracy they were promised.
In Trump's second term, the Republican-appointed majority on the supreme court has brought their institution to the brink of illegitimacy. Far from pulling it back from the edge, our goal has to be to push it off."
#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 10:45 PM | Reply
Lol.
Good stuff Corky.
#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-19 11:03 PM | Reply
#2
How would you know?
#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 11:41 PM | Reply
This is Dems telegraphing that they plan on court packing once they regain power. All because the court isn't giving the left the victories they feel entitled to.
#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-19 11:47 PM | Reply
How would you know? #3 | POSTED BY CORKY
Its not?
#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-19 11:58 PM | Reply
All because the court isn't giving the left the victories they feel entitled to. #4 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER
Are you saying Corky feels entitled? Is Corky a White Male Boomer? The type of Boomer that sold White Male Millennials down the river?
#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-20 12:00 AM | Reply
" Are you saying Corky feels entitled?"
Absolutely. The Obama presidency brought a massive sense of political entitlement on the left and when Hillary was anointed and lost in 2016 too much of the left lost their collective minds.
#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 12:05 AM | Reply
Amen Corky Amen. Preach.
#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-12-20 12:19 AM | Reply
-This is Dems telegraphing that they plan on court packing once they regain power.
How can they do that?
It'll take 20 years for the Democratic Party to effectively flip the court back to the left. And that's if they demonstrate they have any balls at all.
#9 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-20 12:53 AM | Reply
I think the theory is to increase the number of members on the court.
#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-20 12:57 AM | Reply
" How can they do that? "
They tried it in 2021. They needed to first nuke the filibuster but only had 50 Senate seats (VP Harris would have been the tie breaker). Manchin and Synema were opposed and both are gone now. The only vocal opposition the such a blatant power grab is Fetterman.
So with a slim House majority, 50 Senate seats and the WH this is what they already tried:
Nuke the filibuster Add at least 4 SCOTUS seats with activist leftist judges (Kagan becomes a bit of a wild card here, so maybe add judges). With the court being a rubber stamp, add DC and Puerto Rico as states given Dems 4 more Senators. Again, with the court as a rubber stamp, create a national voting law that strips away most voting integrity protections.
Every thing I just mentioned was seriously attempted at the beginning of Biden's term.
The way I see it, all they need to accomplish these things is: 51 Senate seats, the slimmest House majority and the WH. Fetterman won't sign on but he is likely the only one.
#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 01:24 AM | Reply
A lot of lefties on this site try to vote shame. It's a beloved tactic. The bullet points in #11 are EXACTLY why I will oppose Democrats for the foreseeable future. That is an absolute destruction of this country and it's something that will happen at lightning speed with the slimmest of majorities.
#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 01:36 AM | Reply
Fuck off you slobbering MAGAT whore
#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-20 01:46 AM | Reply
We can always expect pole smoker LGH to humiliate himself. It's become a DR staple.
#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 01:52 AM | Reply
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