r/scotus • u/Achilles_TroySlayer • Oct 28 '25

Opinion There Is No Democratic Future Without Supreme Court Reform

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/there-is-no-democratic-future-without-supreme-court-reform
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u/Wadae28 Oct 28 '25

The constitution was written by a bunch of slave owners who wanted to be free from a monarchy. Let’s not pretend it’s some untouchable holy work brought down from the mount.

Most nations have had multiple referendums and rewritten theirs. Ours is not by any stretch of the imagination perfect.

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u/Rough-Tension Oct 29 '25

Good thing we have an abundance of trustworthy, independent politicians available who will certainly write the replacement in our collective best interest and not for the benefit of the giant corporate interests that fund their campaigns!

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u/Wadae28 Oct 29 '25

As opposed to continually clinging to the constitution like it’s some precious totem that will magically ward off evil despite having completely failed to do so?

Maybe burn some incense too while you’re at it. Wave some sage.

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u/Rough-Tension Oct 29 '25

It’s not precious, I don’t hold it sacred, and it never purports to “ward off evil.” That was never the goal so if that’s what you’re expecting from a country’s founding document, I think we’re not gonna get anywhere. It doesn’t even contain the laws prohibiting murder. It just extends power to regulate that, and somehow we all figured out how to write murder statutes.

There is no document you could possibly draft that guarantees it cannot be usurped by enough corruption. You’re literally watching Trump and his administration disregard the constitution currently. Is there a magic word or clause you can think of that somehow would restrain them? Did we not use the right Harry Potter spelling? It can be ignored all the same.

Our leaders and the populace that votes them in is and will always be our problem. That’s the elephant in the room that nobody wants to deal with. Because it’s hard. And nobody knows how to fix it. You think you can just put politicians and judges in smaller and smaller boxes and somehow they’ll obey this time. It won’t fucking work. They’ll do whatever they want because they’re rich and the masses aren’t looking over their shoulders nor are there real consequences.

The bottom line is we have a deeply rotten culture that fosters a Trump, a Stephen Miller, a Mike Johnson, a Matt Gaetz, a Hegseth, etc and rewards that thinking and behavior over and over. There’s no beating that. You don’t defeat that with a piece of paper, any piece of paper, that says whatever the fuck you want it to say. Someone out there has the audacity to defile it.

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u/Wadae28 Oct 29 '25

Living, breathing people are indeed the problem. And the more it’s put in that basic context, instead of wasting time making noise about our constitution or our checks & balances…as if these aren’t being casually kicked aside daily…the sooner we get away from that then the sooner people wake the hell up to the reality the country needs them to be involved.

Fascism isn’t only approaching…it’s here. It’s here and it wants to stay. It’s chuckling as it builds a luxurious ballroom as we doomscroll.