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

    Can you explain it to dipshits like me? As I read the Constitution, impeachment is the only remedy to remove a Federal judge, and success requires a supermajority of the Senate.

    • Boddhisatva@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      The Exceptions Clause states “In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.” (emphasis mine)

      Congress can regulate SCOTUS. In point of fact, Congress can define what cases the court has jurisdiction over with the exception of “Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party.” In those cases, SCOTUS has final say per the Constitution, but in all other cases, Congress could assign final appellate authority to a lower court.