Here's the first thing we should say to the far right, which is complaining about President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’s new call for Supreme Court reform: It’s not just the rulings, it’s the recreational vehicle.
When Biden proposed fundamental reforms, including term limits and an enforceable code of ethics, they pounced — claiming that it was all sour grapes about the way the conservative-dominated court was ruling.
Okay, many Americans are very unhappy with a lot of the rulings, including the 61 percent majority that dislikes the Dobbs ruling against abortion rights. We’ll also get to the outrageous presidential immunity ruling in a minute.
But we understand that when you go to court, one party will lose and one will win. And we all accept that when we trust that the process is fair.
The problem right now is that this court has been captured by wealthy and partisan interests who are putting their thumb on the scale, so trust is taking a beating.
We all know the details: the revelations that conservative justices........