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worth remembering how short and simple the 15th Amendment is, as well as how sweeping its grant of congressional authority is. the idea that this doesn't cover a ban on racial gerrymanders is transparent horseshit

it's one of about 50 rulings that justifies changing the locks on the Supreme Court building in the middle of the night. you don't get to go "up is down, black is white, neener neener" and still get deferential respect as a judge. fuck you

anyway I think this is the best realistic court reform proposal I've seen. double the federal judiciary and make SCOTUS a random draw of the entire federal bench www.liberalcurrents.com/break-up-the...

obviously a proper proportional parliament would be better, but short of a full constitutional rewrite this is a lot better than court packing

1/2 How liberals vote as the minority bloc is not necessarily indicative of how they'd vote as the majority, just as how conservatives/reactionaries voted/wrote in a 5-4 majority isn't the same as how they act in a 6-3 supermajority.

2/2 Plus, if you can't trust a hypothetical liberal majority, what makes you expect to fare better w random panels that may only have a liberal minority, or even no liberals at all?

If you're looking for a judiciary that agrees with all your opinions, then you're not going to get that, because the population doesn't agree with all your opinions. Now, if you're looking for a better system that avoids many of the current problems, then this proposal is quite good.

it is in this case. they voted like that because all the justices are personally collecting huge de facto bribes from vested interests. they wouldn't get such treatment if they weren't permanently on SCOTUS

1. You think my counterfactual guarantees the same bad results, but yours guarantees different good results? 2. I'd still rather take my chances w a liberal-majority (supermajority?) Supreme Court than w random panels where you'll often get only a minority of liberals, & sometimes maybe none.