@rbreich
Gee, what could go wrong when you have a system where politicans appoint justices? Also why were their no consequences when Merrick Garland was denied a hearing. The Senate shirked its duties.
Let's face it. Those "checks and balances" that we learned about in school don't actually exist in reality.
@rbreich The Major Questions Doctrine and limits on Chevron are not examples of SCOTUS getting "out of control;" they're attempts to rein in bureaucrats who have gotten out of control. The bribery, on the other hand....
SCOTUS got where it is because for fifty years there was only one question that decided if a president would nominate a candidate to be a justice. Each president not only demanded a "right" answer, but each also demanded an absolute certainty on that answer. After that, all other considerations, including competency to be a judge, were ignored. The ability to survive a senate committee hearing was the only other criterion.
When all your nominees are incompetent extremists...