An important and perfectly written argument. Thinking about how different the SCOTUS - and our country - would be today if not for Bush V Gore and Mitch McConnell.; If pissed off Bernie bros in Michigan and Pennsylvania voted for Hillary instead of sitting that one out. If Biden, et al listened to Anita Hill. Thinking about it makes me physically ill.
You’re physically ill because of this; you’re mentally ill if you think ‘pissed off Bernis bros’ who refused to vote for a corporate-owned Zionist war monger, instead of the disgusting war monger herself, was the problem.
Get out of your ‘they suck worse’ tribal silo and understand both parties brought us to this place.
You are absolutely right about the corruption of the Court. Once a revered backstop (I know that sounds funny), the six are now contributing to the ruin of this country. Must think that after Trump becomes a full-on dictator he’ll keep them around. No one who supports Trump ever thinks the leopard will eat HIS face.
What you’re describing goes beyond politics as usual. This is a constitutional and moral crisis, not just a partisan or electoral one. The Court isn’t merely influencing policy outcomes; it’s redefining who counts, who can claim harm, and who the law is meant to protect. That’s a legitimacy problem at the foundation of the system.
When an institution with lifetime power consistently narrows democracy, shields concentrated wealth, and insulates itself from accountability, the issue isn’t whether voters can “respond” politically—it’s whether the constitutional order is still functioning as promised. In that sense, replacement isn’t radical; it’s a demand that the system realign with its own stated principles.
So yes—this calls for more than a political response. It calls for a reckoning over power, accountability, and whose lives the law is designed to serve.
I believe that for congress to remove any of them it would require impeachment (majority in the house) and conviction (two-thirds vote in the senate). So I think we're going to have to fix congress first. How we do that under the current system? Good question. Perhaps it ends in revolution again, I don't know. Maybe enough states can change their own rules on how they elect senators and how long they let them hang around.
Just like Congress these justices live in an alternate protective bubble that the rest of us do not enjoy. No rules, no reprecussions, above the law…. Entitled to do as they please. They must be removed
I always love your work but I thought that the CASA decision was by district. A TRO would apply in full in that judge’s district. I could be wrong though. Anyway your larger point stands and they should be impeached or legislation changed to overrule them if Congress ever wakes up.
You left out one VERY important case. This was the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), ruling that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Released on June 24, 2022, the 6-3 ruling, with a 5-justice majority on the core holding, returned the authority to regulate or prohibit abortion to individual state legislatures. In essence, in half the country, women have lost ownership of their own bodies. There is a term for this. It is called slavery. Abortion bans are a form of slavery.
Impeach or expand? To do either we not only need a massive win in November, we need Dems with spines. That won't happen with Chuck Schumer running the show.
I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one !!!
I can't afford my own lobbyist or write that $100,000 check.
An important and perfectly written argument. Thinking about how different the SCOTUS - and our country - would be today if not for Bush V Gore and Mitch McConnell.; If pissed off Bernie bros in Michigan and Pennsylvania voted for Hillary instead of sitting that one out. If Biden, et al listened to Anita Hill. Thinking about it makes me physically ill.
You’re physically ill because of this; you’re mentally ill if you think ‘pissed off Bernis bros’ who refused to vote for a corporate-owned Zionist war monger, instead of the disgusting war monger herself, was the problem.
Get out of your ‘they suck worse’ tribal silo and understand both parties brought us to this place.
No politics but class politics.
“Has gone rouge.” As red as Kavanaugh’s alcoholic cheeks.
You are absolutely right about the corruption of the Court. Once a revered backstop (I know that sounds funny), the six are now contributing to the ruin of this country. Must think that after Trump becomes a full-on dictator he’ll keep them around. No one who supports Trump ever thinks the leopard will eat HIS face.
What you’re describing goes beyond politics as usual. This is a constitutional and moral crisis, not just a partisan or electoral one. The Court isn’t merely influencing policy outcomes; it’s redefining who counts, who can claim harm, and who the law is meant to protect. That’s a legitimacy problem at the foundation of the system.
When an institution with lifetime power consistently narrows democracy, shields concentrated wealth, and insulates itself from accountability, the issue isn’t whether voters can “respond” politically—it’s whether the constitutional order is still functioning as promised. In that sense, replacement isn’t radical; it’s a demand that the system realign with its own stated principles.
So yes—this calls for more than a political response. It calls for a reckoning over power, accountability, and whose lives the law is designed to serve.
I believe that for congress to remove any of them it would require impeachment (majority in the house) and conviction (two-thirds vote in the senate). So I think we're going to have to fix congress first. How we do that under the current system? Good question. Perhaps it ends in revolution again, I don't know. Maybe enough states can change their own rules on how they elect senators and how long they let them hang around.
Keep the rouge. It gave me a much needed smile.
Just like Congress these justices live in an alternate protective bubble that the rest of us do not enjoy. No rules, no reprecussions, above the law…. Entitled to do as they please. They must be removed
HJR-54. Eliminates the twin concepts of corporate personhood and money as speech. Do not vote for any House candidate who declines to co-sponsor.
More info here - MoveToAmend.org
I always love your work but I thought that the CASA decision was by district. A TRO would apply in full in that judge’s district. I could be wrong though. Anyway your larger point stands and they should be impeached or legislation changed to overrule them if Congress ever wakes up.
You left out one VERY important case. This was the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), ruling that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Released on June 24, 2022, the 6-3 ruling, with a 5-justice majority on the core holding, returned the authority to regulate or prohibit abortion to individual state legislatures. In essence, in half the country, women have lost ownership of their own bodies. There is a term for this. It is called slavery. Abortion bans are a form of slavery.
Yep, and NY has at least three town clerk elections
with Red candidates running unopposed.
Typo… agin
And rouge…I thought they might be purposeful…puns.
I assumed it was a stylistic choice.
Trent, what are the possible ways to remove a Supreme Court judge?
Impeach or expand? To do either we not only need a massive win in November, we need Dems with spines. That won't happen with Chuck Schumer running the show.
Thanks, good article.