With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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America won’t recover from this post-Trump era, unless the six Supreme Court justices that sanctioned this (Perdomo v Vasquez) even temporarily, are summarily removed from their positions.
The Supreme Court can be expanded and term limits can be put on justices; so not all of what we’re seeing can’t be undone, within our lifetimes, for the justice department. However, a Supermajority trifecta is needed in the House, Senate, and White House. Justices can also be impeached if I am not mistaken.
Justices can absolutely be impeached, but Congress has three other levers they can pull to reign in a rogue court
The first is most likely because it’s simplest and there’s precedent. The last is least-likely because there hasn’t been a successful amendment proposal since before Roe.v Wade.
The middle two are fuzzier and more uncertain, and would need congress to either impeach or stand firm with a clear consequence if the court attempts to ignore such action. Either can start with a simple majority vote action of Congress, however, which makes them possibly more likely than the others.
(Or maybe the Dems will sweep the 2028 midterms and President Jeffries can have a two-year term as “president fuck you”. Although I don’t think he has the temperament for it.)