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SCOTUS reform won't just simply happen if Dems take Congress & the White House. A case has to be made for it—to a skeptical public, to reluctant politicians, to a hostile media. The blowback from the right will be intense and terrify a lot of weak-willed pols. The case has to be made starting *now*

David Nir@davidnir.com

I'm not criticizing these responses to dunk on Dems. I'm saying that powerful people utterly misunderstand the moment and are missing a critical opportunity to make the case for SCOTUS reform. I even wonder whether they understand the need for it.

David Nir

@davidnir.com

Just one example: A New York Times that's capable of publishing an editorial like this today is one that will be extremely hostile to any push for serious SCOTUS reform. You can say, "So what?", but too many Dem pols will be swayed by whatever the NYT says just because it's the NYT saying it.

nytimes.comOpinion | The Supreme Court Remembers Its Principles

30/6/26, 5:58 pm7 reposts63 likes

annabellelecter.bsky.social

@annabellelecter.bsky.social

30 June

I just need someone to make the case that all of the Dems, Greens, and DSA types who refused to lift a finger to protect the majority in 2000 or 2016, or even 2024, won't come up with yet another excuse to hand new vacancies to Republicans. And that includes Bernie Sanders' spokeshag and the Chapos