Chris Hayes just did a great job taking apart the SC

[PlanetBev]

He and Elie Mystal called out the whining and ass-covering from Barrett and Alito about not being “partisan hacks.” He said the criticism is obviously getting under their skin and advised everybody to keep it up.

[Irish_Dem]

1. That was my thought as well. The criticism is hitting a nerve. Keep it up.

[lordsummerisle]

2. The SC

is in desperate need of reform, term limits comes to mind as a good starting point. Thom Hartmann has some good ideas in his book, Hidden History of the Supreme Court.

[onecaliberal]

3. He certainly did. N/t

[malaise]

4. That was excellent

PHEW!

[Scruffy1]

5. It worked for FDR.

Been a long day for an old man. I meant to explain a piece of history. The famed Court packing plan was just a ruse. FDR never even talked to the Speaker of the House about it. The Supremes have always mostly been partisan hacks but they are not stupid. They realize that without widespread approval they could easily be relegated non important both by local judiciary and a few minor law changes. Also, most of them are experienced judges and know how important respect for the judiciary is the most important feature of our legal system. The long and short of it is by 1940 they had reversed all their Lochner era bullshit on things like child labor and union rights. Local power is immense on the decisions to enforce laws and only the very rich or well funded can afford to even appeal to the next court level, let alone the Supremes. In our last election one of the DA candidates promised not prosecute less than 25 lbs of pot. The rest took the same line. It may have been for an evil purpose, but Andrew Jackson said it best: "How big f an Army does the Supreme Court have?".

[Dawson Leery]

7. Steven Breyer commented in 2003 that the only thing keeping their rulings in force

is the population's willingness to follow. "How big f an Army does the Supreme Court have?" indeed.

[twin_ghost]

6. They are trying to dampen the criticism for when they will overturn Roe Vs Wade.

Thankfully they can't rule that abortions are illegal across the USA and women will be able to catch a flight to liberal states to get one. Supporters of abortion rights should set up a non-profit to help pay the transportation and lodging costs for women in states that forbid abortion that need an abortion.

[Hekate]

12. It never works that way for those most in need, sadly

[Xoan]

8. Their immaturity is positively frightening

[monkeyman1]

9. well shit !

ya got a kegger , church'y woman , an insurrection person of interest wife on the supremo ' , wtf ?

[SunSeeker]

10. I love me some Elie!

[lordsummerisle]

13. He's got the greatest hair n/t

[PlanetBev]

11. When Alito was nominated to the court

I remember thinking, “Jesus, this guy is only seven months older than me, didn’t he ever own a roach clip?”

[DFW]

14. Partisan hacks is about as accurate as one could get. How ironic that it came from one of them!

Maybe Hays saw this (see 2:53)