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My thoughts on SCOTUS, FWIW:
I understand the concern over the Supreme Court's legitimacy—and the proper functioning of our political institutions more broadly—that some on the right point to as reason to negotiate with the left. In fact, I share their concerns.
I understand the concern over the Supreme Court's legitimacy—and the proper functioning of our political institutions more broadly—that some on the right point to as reason to negotiate with the left. In fact, I share their concerns.
But the most effective way to preserve the Court’s legitimacy is not to bargain away a half-century’s worth of struggle against those who would further undermine that legitimacy through non-originalist jurisprudence—in exchange for an unenforceable promise of temporary restraint.
The proper way to do so is to relegate the federal courts to their proper role in our system—as arbiters of what the law is, not what it should be. And the only way to accomplish this is to carry on the work that so many have devoted years of their lives to:
filling the courts with judges who commit to upholding that principle.
