Democrats — especially progressives — have increasingly expressed more anger at the high court in recent years.

“Alito’s next opinion piece in the WSJ is about to be ‘I am a little king, actually. The Constitution doesn’t explicitly say I’m not,’” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped.

  • RickRussell_CA
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    10 months ago

    Well, here’s the problem. Alito is correct, that Congress can’t impose “ethics rules” on the court.

    The sole remedy given to the people is impeachment, and Bribery is explicitly listed as a valid basis for impeachment under Article 1.

    We would never get an impeachment through the Senate, of course.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
      3·
      10 months ago

      There is a second remedy: constitutional amendment. Not sure exactly who should be watching the watchers if it’s not Congress. But we can assign someone to do so.

      Maybe a supermajority of district court judges should rule on issues involving SCOTUS justices.