^ this. They may as well have said “note: only applies to Republicans”. It’s so transparent.

Need term limits on scotus and clear cut anti corruption laws to remove them

Or charges of perjury when they blatantly go against what they claimed during their confirmation hearing. Alito, Roberts, and Kavanaugh each specifically claimed that no one is above the law when it came to presidents.

The supreme court is also one of things that serves no purpose any more due to modern technology. You could have a giant national legal body that hears all cases. Instead of fewer than 10 people with lifetime appointments in D.C. deciding everything by fiat, you have a group of hundreds of constitutional law experts around the country review cases and vote on them. Said body also screens new members the same way every other democracy chooses its judges; ONE executive selecting them (and senate confirming them) has got to go.

In fact, the senate itself needs to go too. It was a terrible idea even in 1789 and only got worse as time went on. At the very least, turn it into the House of Lords with advisory powers only.

Will never happen thanks to the constitution being nearly impossible to amend. Well, except for the supreme court who can amend it at will. A terribly designed institution that chugged along for 200+ years with only the promise of good will to keep it from breaking down.

Accurate.

I think his "in the top 5 worst SC decisions ever" is pretty conservative. Top 3? Top 1?

The court has just made it OK for Brandon to drone strike the justices' homes.

Definitely top 3. Potentially top 1.

You could play devil's advocate and try to explain away Dred Scott as being consistent with the constitution as is since the thing allowed slavery at the time. This case makes up things that aren't there and blatantly goes against things that are.

The other top 5 worst cases could also have been reversed in the future. None of them set up dictatorships and court fiat rule to snuff out democracy.

I forget if this particular video mentioned it, but the other terrible news about this decision is how it cripples any prosecution even for acts deemed unofficial. Nothing remotely "official" is even allowed to be used as evidence in prosecution, neither can motive. This sets up something like the hush money trial to fail. Even if the deal was made while he was still just a candidate, they can just claim the check was made in the white house and thus "official" and inadmissible.

>>>You're voting for Amy Comey Barret to be on the court for 40 more years. That is a policy choice made by the people that you vote for.

I've got 3 dollars that says that Crackersmack is talking about the Democrats.