The Supreme Court has become the “No-Surprise Supreme Court.” The justices take cases seemingly adjudicated rationally and definitely in lower courts and deliver the most unlikely, far-right decisions that ignore the clear meaning and intention of the Constitution and statutory law but satisfy Donald Trump and his Republican sycophantic minions. Once a case is accepted by the court, a goofy, law-free decision is assured. The latest decision is a perfect example of a ruling that has a certain facial logic, but is guaranteed to have a devastating effect on the rule of law in this country.
Given that the court operates this way nearly always, why do we need the justices at all? Let them all go on their oligarch-funded 12-month vacations and save themselves the trouble of figuring out how to contort the law out of all recognition to reach the decision they want, in their heart of hearts, to reach. Journalists can, with 90% certainty, generate the democracy-killing decisions the court would hand down were the justices actually sitting. And they can do it without the long, anxiety-producing delays we typically endure. If the court is going to wreck our democracy, why not do it and get it over with?
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