Question: what is stopping the Supreme Court to rule the country ?

[drray23]

What they decide can't be appealed.

They are a separate entity.
In theory they could use their power to rule like a king would .

What mechanism is there to stop this ?

Were the founders thinking it could never happen because only people of impeccable morals and credentials would be sitting on it ?

It looks like we have many loopholes like that in our constitution.
For example, what is to stop a president ( like Trump) to do anything they want if they also control congress and the judiciary?
Is it just norms ?

This appears to be the case and Trump and his ilk no longer fear exploiting it.

[Effete Snob]

1. What do you propose?

[Make7]

2. The Supreme Court has no way to independently enforce their decisions.

If they continue a pattern of unfounded decisions, at some point people will simply stop adhering to their rulings.

How are they going to make anyone follow their dictates?

Of course, ignoring the highest court presents all sorts of problems - but at that point we're there anyway.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...

[Takket]

3. SCOTUS members can be impeached by the same means as a president

[drray23]

4. which essentially means they cant.

the country is so polarized there never will be a party controlling 2/3 of the senate anymore