The Court has issued decisions many of us consider abominations--banning abortions, striking down affirmative action, blocking President Biden's program to forgive student debt, not allowing EPA to protect our health & the environment. In a completely hypothetical case with no real plaintiff, they decided discrimination based on religion was constitutional.
The Constitution says there should be a Supreme Court,but doesn't say how many Justices will be on it or how they will be selected. It doesn't say they will be appointed for life, only that their compensation will not be interfered with while they serve with "good conduct". The number of Justices has been changed 7 times.
The Constitution establishes Congress will make the laws, the President will execute the laws. But the Constitution & many laws are written in vague generalities. The early Marshall Court established the Supreme Court was there to interpret the laws as they applied to real life.
During President Roosevelt's presidency, a conservative Supreme Court tried to interfere with the New Deal. Roosevelt threatened to pack the Court. He didn't carry through, but the threat caused the Justices to back off--"The switch in time that saved nine".
Do you think Thomas & Alito accepting expensive gifts from billionaires who have business before the Court & failing to report it or recuse themselves shows "good conduct"? Barrett is reported to have shady real estate dealings with a religious group with business before the Court.
Is there other corruption going on at the Court we don't know about YET?
Are some Justices abusing their positions to legislate from the bench?
The Court has no power other than public perception of its fairness. Has the Court squandered its legitimacy?
Various reform measures have been proposed--changing the number of Justices, a strict Code of Ethics, changing the composition of the Court. Will anything be done before Democrats eliminate the Republican enablers & take the Presidency & Congress with a filibuster proof Senate?
Many say Thomas & Alito should be impeached. That doesn’t seem possible until the Democrats take the House. Removing them from the bench means getting support in the Senate
This court is openly corrupt, secretly corrupt, and in a couple of justices, seemingly mentally ill.
We need to do something as drastic and as quickly as they are moving to destroy our system of government.