As to the seemingly insurmountable problem with SCOTUS … there is also shame. I don’t think casual acceptance of racism - or rape - is as acceptable today as it was in the Fifties (when I was a child). Already the Roberts Court is scrambling to defend its indefensible actions.
But not just the restoration of democracy … but of civility itself. Trump has introduced a milieu of deception, violence, and inhumanity that will take generations to overcome. If overcome at all.
Violate norms? That is the republican strategy since Reagan. And it worked for the most corrupt party in American history. Sure, there was the McCarthy era, but then a someone asked, have you no shame. Dems are afraid to break norms because they want everyone to like them a lot. From Clinton ignoring the Reagan era crimes and criminals, to Obama ignoring the mostly GOP banksters and fraudsters after the GWB created Great Recession, to Merrick Garland and play-fair Joe Biden slow walking the vast collection of trump crimes, dems are notorious for not wanting to violate norms as GOP kicks norms to the side and dons KKK robes in celebration of the racist, corrupt Robert's Court ruling against VRA, after they already violated women's rights with overturning Roe.
Amazing how play nice dems follow the rules and the courts beat them up, then cheating GOP break laws and ignores constitutions and courts do nothing. Only in Amerika and probably Russia and China and North Korea.
If dems do not learn to play hardball with brush back pitches they are going to continue to have dirt kicked in their faces and lose regardless of them having more votes nationally, or locally. Playing pattycake with bullies is not a strategy for success. Every time dems decide to not 'violate norms' they guide America closer to authoritarianism and away from democracy. If they don't learn that lesson quickly, there may not be a next time...
The supreme Court will veto any structural change to undo all the rigging Republicans have done
The Republicans in Congress will veto any attempt to expand the Court because they're not about to let their fascist utopia ever end
Hell, I could see some Republican dipshits inventing some kind of bullshit legal challenge to the idea of expanding the court, expediting it up the courts, and then the fascist hacks using their legislative powers to cement the size of the court for good.
The only way we're getting out of this is a Republican mass extinction event. The closest we got was COVID, but despite the best efforts of a lot of Republicans, too many of the fuckers survived.
As to the seemingly insurmountable problem with SCOTUS … there is also shame. I don’t think casual acceptance of racism - or rape - is as acceptable today as it was in the Fifties (when I was a child). Already the Roberts Court is scrambling to defend its indefensible actions.
They're immune from any real consequences, though. Even moreso than a congressman or even the president.
You are absolutely right! The right wing six live comfortably in an elitist gated community hovering far above the plebes.
But not just the restoration of democracy … but of civility itself. Trump has introduced a milieu of deception, violence, and inhumanity that will take generations to overcome. If overcome at all.
Problem: 1. REPUBLICANS
2. The structure of the Constitution
Violate norms? That is the republican strategy since Reagan. And it worked for the most corrupt party in American history. Sure, there was the McCarthy era, but then a someone asked, have you no shame. Dems are afraid to break norms because they want everyone to like them a lot. From Clinton ignoring the Reagan era crimes and criminals, to Obama ignoring the mostly GOP banksters and fraudsters after the GWB created Great Recession, to Merrick Garland and play-fair Joe Biden slow walking the vast collection of trump crimes, dems are notorious for not wanting to violate norms as GOP kicks norms to the side and dons KKK robes in celebration of the racist, corrupt Robert's Court ruling against VRA, after they already violated women's rights with overturning Roe.
Amazing how play nice dems follow the rules and the courts beat them up, then cheating GOP break laws and ignores constitutions and courts do nothing. Only in Amerika and probably Russia and China and North Korea.
If dems do not learn to play hardball with brush back pitches they are going to continue to have dirt kicked in their faces and lose regardless of them having more votes nationally, or locally. Playing pattycake with bullies is not a strategy for success. Every time dems decide to not 'violate norms' they guide America closer to authoritarianism and away from democracy. If they don't learn that lesson quickly, there may not be a next time...
This is a really well written and practical (not sugar coated) assessment of what'll be needed. Thank you.
These infographics show the rot in the Roberts Supreme Court and help visualize parts of your analysis.
Meet the operatives who made Bush Jr. President and now on the Supreme Court ready to help Trump! Check this map.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/10/28/operatives-who-made-bush-jr-president-now-on-supreme-court-helping-trump/
Mapping John Roberts’ Supreme Court 12 Worst Crimes Against American Democracy
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/10/16/john-roberts-supreme-court-12-worst-crimes-against-american-democracy/
Follow the corruption in the Robert's Supreme Court
https://thedemlabs.org/2026/05/04/supreme-court-ethics-quiz-get-out-of-jail-free-2026/
The media is owned and operated by Nazis,
The supreme Court will veto any structural change to undo all the rigging Republicans have done
The Republicans in Congress will veto any attempt to expand the Court because they're not about to let their fascist utopia ever end
Hell, I could see some Republican dipshits inventing some kind of bullshit legal challenge to the idea of expanding the court, expediting it up the courts, and then the fascist hacks using their legislative powers to cement the size of the court for good.
The only way we're getting out of this is a Republican mass extinction event. The closest we got was COVID, but despite the best efforts of a lot of Republicans, too many of the fuckers survived.