Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Chief Justice John Roberts in a new letter sent Thursday to take “appropriate steps” to ensure that Justice Samuel Alito recuse himself from any future legal disputes that might arise concerning pending congressional legislation that regulates the Supreme Court.
Congress has plenty of indirect power over the court, but congress is also the most broken part of the government and the reason why the supreme court feels illegitimate. The system is working as designed, the issue is that people have been voting against their own interest for decades. The fact we have to rely on the supreme court to legislate is the main problem.
Congress has plenty of indirect power over the court, but congress is also the most broken part of the government and the reason why the supreme court feels illegitimate. The system is working as designed, the issue is that people have been voting against their own interest for decades. The fact we have to rely on the supreme court to legislate is the main problem.