IMHO, the Supreme Court is a *bigger* problem than Trump, and it should be the primary target for reform. Trump and Congress would both be very different under a law-abiding SCOTUS, which would have stopped government action clearly animated by racism and racially gerrymandered districts.

The Constitution clearly and plainly states that districts will be redrawn every 10 years, after the decennial census. What Trump and his party are doing with this redistricting is completely lawless. trib.al/Xxljzui

Also this ↘️ “The key inference here is that no leader could advance this vision (of having an “accountable and checked president” who oversees a “nimbler” but “muscular bureaucracy”) without first disempowering the court’s Republican justices.”

SCOTUS Republicans are unabashedly pro-cancer, pro-gun violence, anti-humanity oh, and the fucking racist, xenophobic, nasty president according to them, isn't racist expand this fucking corrupt court. every single Dem needs to be banging that drum. If you don't, retire or don't run

A necessary first step. -Under 5% of today's Amers were alive last time a Dem prez apptd a chief justice (1946) -Five current GOP court members appt by prez who first took office after losing popular vote (Sixth is ... Thomas.) -Since '86 election, D/R have years in White House. But 6/3 on court.

I really hate it when people here post the same thing a dozen times in order to make their point. That said: SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM SCOTUS REFORM

"More people will die." Accurately summarizes *all* three of today's decisions so far.

It's a death cult.

More death from the Supreme Court. The Republicans overruled a Hawaii law that prohbited guns on private property open to the public without express consent of the owner. So, if you need to shoot up a beach in Hawaii, the Republican ammosexuals on SCOTUS, as always, have your back.

I was at the SCOTUS yesterday to hear decisions. When you can predict who wins before the justices announce the outcome just by knowing the identity of the parties & when 6-3 is the default setting,the system is broken.You could palpably feel the diminishment of the Court’s legitimacy & position.

this court is reactionary, anti-rights, pro-corporate, anti-Democratic and anti-democratic. if full renovation of the supreme court is not a leading element of future reform, we will never have a democracy or a rights-abiding apex judiciary, just never.

The silly little ritual of Supreme Court opinion days is a perfect illustration of the justices’ self-absorption. “We’re gonna decide cases but it’s a SURPRISE which ones, so just keep refreshing this browser tab to find out who still has civil rights!” Profoundly stupid institution. I loathe it.

And also because they don't actually care about religious liberty. Just right-wing Christian domination.

Once again, the biggest threat to actual religious liberty in this country are the MAGA theocrats, aka "justices."

As @pemalevy.bsky.social reports, US billionaires have a well-monied thumb on the scales of justice, an oligarchic influence operation that funds a flood of amici to push SCOTUS toward a preferred outcome. And the number of these briefs has risen dramatically, now routinely topping 800 per term.

Susan Collins confirms - she is all in with Roberts MAGA #SCOTUS which eviscerated abortion rights and tried to make Trump king. #MESenate #MEPolitics

This is the way every single Democrat should be talking about Roberts MAGA #scotus

Yes. First, reclaim political power to defend our democracy. Then, enact structural reforms to reinvigorate democracy. That’s our call to action. 🇺🇸

YES. WOW!! Thank you, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social advocating for ADDING SEATS to the Supreme Court because term limits don't go far enough. THIS is what will get my vote in 2028. No good law passed will survive this rogue Supreme Court.

Restructuring & rebalancing Roberts rogue MAGA #SCOTUS (if Dss control both chambers of Cong & the WH) needs to be priority no 1 in Jan of 2029. But Ds shouldn't wait to rein in the Roberts Ct till 1/29. Need to make VRA w/ jurisdiction stripping provision HR1 - if Jeffries becomes the Speaker.

Ready! 🙋‍♀️

Dems who make that a key issue in 2028 will win a whole lot of support

This is the way. See also, court reform.

Trump may already be deporting newborn Americans while the Supreme Court dawdles on birthright citizenship: pregnant teenagers in immigration detention having been giving birth to U.S. citizens but those girls and their babies are now missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...

Absolutely. As I've said before, FDR's court-packing plan failed because most Americans didn't recognize the conservative majority there was acting in a partisan fashion. But the Roberts Six are deeply corrupt, nakedly partisan, and barely bothering to hide their contempt for precedent. Let's go.

Roberts Court wants to create world where Dems have no legitimate chance to ever take control of Congress, there are no Black members of Congress from the South & no voting rights violations can ever be proven. Their end goal is permanent white GOP minority rule www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you think of them less as judges and more of a Republican Party protection cartel their decisions become a lot more predictable.

I will not vote for anyone who does not commit to expanding the court to 13 seats and imposing term limits on justices, retroactively if legally possible. You should not either. It must become a job requirement for Dems in Congress and the White House.

The only principle that ever mattered to the MAGA six.

"That means starting as the sine qua non with things like ending the... filibuster and reforming the Supreme Court... Those are the ones that make all the other... changes possible. They are also the talismans of seriousness. [I]f you’re not willing to tackle those, you’re not any kind of player."

"Supreme Court reform is important because you can’t have democratic self-government with this Court’s corruption. That’s the main reason to do it. It also teaches a lesson. Don’t spend too much time creating a big corrupt shiny object. Because the Constitution creates the tools to break it."

I wouldn’t call these reforms “radical.” They’re part of our democratic tradition. If you want Congress to enact literally any law in the next decade to fix our country’s problems, you need a plan for this group of lawyers who *will* say it’s unconstitutional.

I agree with what @mikesacks.bsky.social says here: the goal of court reform should not be to turn what's currently a GOP superweapon into a Democratic superweapon—it should disarm and beat the sword into a ploughshare, so to speak. And that should be the goal even if there's a Democratic wave

A hero that shouldn't have had to be.

Good rule of thumb -- always shout out David, Rach, and Greer!

Massive props to @hannahstoryb.bsky.social and her @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social for leasing on this. More of this please. ↘️

putting a marker down: expanding the court is going to be the consensus position among Dem presidential candidates in 2028

Call it progressive or moderate, pragmatic or bold—it’s simply what’s needed to start getting us out of this mess.

This is a required stand for anyone running in 2028.

Another one: Rep. Ro Khanna endorses SCOTUS expansion for the first time. Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social !!

Here we go: purple state senator Ruben Gallego endorses SCOTUS expansion for the first time. Thank you @gallego.senate.gov !!

“[W]e need a Supreme Court that is prepared to uphold a structure of laws that protect democracy in our country.” A tour de force from @sifill.bsky.social on why we need an expanded/constrained SCOTUS to save our democracy (& smash lawless white supremacy) open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

The Purcell Principle means it always too late for courts to fix something racist and never too late for states to do something racist

Lots of alternative approaches to districting. But none will work without Supreme Court reform, because the Supreme Court is highly likely to strike down proportional representation, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, or anything. The text of the Constitution does not matter to them, sadly.

Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice.

John Roberts has been trying to kill Voting Rights Act since he was young lawyer in Reagan DOJ in early 1980s. That's most important context for today's Callais decision. Roberts Court has now issued 3 major decisions gutting VRA, turning law into dead letter www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The NYT big expose on SCOTUS today pairs well with @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social's cover story on how ~everything wrong with this country today can be laid at the feet of John Roberts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We can’t clean up Washington without restoring integrity to the Supreme Court. That’s why I believe we should expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. And then, institute term limits. Because an appointment to the Supreme Court shouldn’t mean a lifetime lack of accountability.

If Dems added 4 seats under the next Dem president, we'd have a 7-6 moderate/liberal Supreme Court that could... 🚺 Restore Roe v. Wade ⚖️ Reverse presidential immunity 🌎 Protect the environment 🧑‍🔧 Protect unions and workers 🗳️ Restore the Voting Rights Act 📍 End gerrymandering ⭐ And more Let's do it!