2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Jonathan Turley: Supreme Court Should Have 19 Members [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)your other questions, but I have an opinion re. the last.
It sounds like you are looking to the SCOTUS as the savior. They can be but they can also be activists for conservatism. The Citizens United is a good example. Congress and the President made laws that were popular with the people and the SCOTUS overturned those laws and set a precedence that cant be overcome without a new court or a Constitutional Amendment. I fully expect them to do the same with Roe v. Wade.
While the cases you presented are extreme and highly unlikely because of the way Congress is made up, they still could happen. If they did, the people could change out a significant portion of Congress within two years and the President within four years. On the other hand, the SCOTUS could rule that it is Constitutional to allow Congress to establish a State Church and the people would be near helpless to change it.