QOTD -- Broken SCOTUS

 

"... I think the reality is, and it pains me to say this, I think the Supreme Court is a broken institution and it’s something that has to be, I think, a part of the national conversation in ’26 and in ’28. What are we gonna do about the Supreme Court? And I think that we have to think about, again, talking about the acquisition, the use of power, if there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028, and I think the possibility of that is pretty good.

"Supreme Court reform is something that has to be considered. Term limits, I think, at a minimum. Potentially expanding the court is something I think that also should be considered. We cannot leave in place without a discussion at least and I think without substantive reforms of being put in place this Supreme Court as it is presently constituted." -- former Attorney General Eric Holder, in an interview with Meidas Touch Network yesterday.  It's quaint to be bought into the idea that there might be a Democratic trifecta in 2028.  Maybe that's what you have to hope for, and that there isn't a coup of some sort that will keep the MAGAts and their cult leader in power indefinitely.  The 2026 mid- term elections will be when we get to see the hand they'll be playing.

In the meantime, we heartily endorse both the affliction and the cure for the rotted out, lawless MAGAt Republican Supreme Court, insofar as expanding the Court.  Several of the justices deserved to be impeached as well.  But, that would only be in a far better place and time than we're in right now.

QOTD: Another Illness Among Us

 

"There was this reaction to Barack's election. There were things released by the Trump election. And now it all came together on Jan. 6. All these people with these so-called grievances and this sense of mistreatment were there attacking the greatest symbol of our democracy.  

Seeing a Confederate flag inside the halls of Congress? All of it was hard to believe. It was unbelievably enlightening yet frightening at the same time. It should be a wake-up call for everybody in this country. There is an illness among us. There is an illness in the body politic of this nation. It's like a cancer. If you leave it untreated, it will metastasize and it will consume us. We've got to take firm steps that begin with holding people accountable. Then we have to look at the country's institutions to make sure that what happened on Jan. 6 doesn't happen again." (our emphasis)  -- Former Attorney General Eric Holder, on the Trumpist insurrection at the Capitol, speaking to Salon.com's Chauncey Devega. 

Holder is now fighting the good fight as the chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee working to counter the Republican / Great Replacement Party's gerrymandering efforts to rig future elections by literally letting politicians (i.e., Republicans) choose who votes for them, rather than the other way around.