"The Supreme Court is not our friend. It has been corrupted and weaponized and functions as an antidemocratic enforcement mechanism of the Republican political agenda. When it's not prosecuting the culture war on behalf of white-wing bigots, it's destroying organized labor, engaging in copaganda, and anointing kings. The revocation of abortion rights was an opportunity for elected Democrats to wean themselves off the anachronistic view that the court is an "apolitical" engine of justice that must be deferred to and respected."
"The high court stymied one of Biden's most popular initiatives, student-loan debt relief, and the administration did nothing. ProPublica handed the Democrats the largest Supreme Court corruption scandal in US history-the revelation that billionaire Harlan Crow had provided lavish, undisclosed vacations and other gifts to Justice Clarence Thomas-and the Democrats did next to nothing beyond writing a few angry letters and voting to issue some congressional subpoenas that were promptly ignored."
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Court operated as a corrupted, weaponized, antidemocratic enforcement mechanism for the Republican agenda. The Court prosecuted culture-war battles, attacked organized labor, promoted police narratives, and elevated executive power. The revocation of abortion rights offered Democrats an opening to reject deference to an "apolitical" Court and pursue reforms. Democratic leaders and the Biden administration instead adhered to Court rulings, failed to mobilize public opinion, declined to pursue court expansion, and largely ignored corruption revelations involving Justice Clarence Thomas. Those choices allowed the Court to block popular policies and remain unchecked.
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