Mainstream practicing lawyers and judges are increasingly naming the problem: a corrupt Supreme Court in thrall to Republican Fascism. For example, Alex Aronson, who was chief counsel and senior counsel to U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, managing director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, and an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 1/

Aronson: “district courts are continuing to function largely as independent legal checks on executive overreach [but] Trump-appointed judges are substantially more likely to rule in favor of the administration than other Republican appointees. the Roberts Court has emerged as the administration’s most reliable forum, with its supermajority overwhelmingly greenlighting Trump’s policies and reversing lower-court efforts to restrain the administration’s actions.” 2/ https://couriernewsroom.com/news/alex-aronson-the-reality-of-trumps-rigged-courts/

“It is clear that the U.S. Supreme Court is no longer functioning as a neutral constitutional arbiter or a functional check on President Trump’s dangerous Project 2025 agenda. Instead, it is operating as his enabler-in-chief—and a structural veto on democratic governance.” 3/ https://couriernewsroom.com/news/alex-aronson-the-reality-of-trumps-rigged-courts/

“This latest analysis reinforces that we are hurtling toward a system of “autocratic legalism,” where democracy dies not through military coups but through legal mechanisms that appear legitimate while systematically dismantling popular sovereignty.“ Aronson concludes we have to act now to try to prevent this. 4/

Two of Aronson’s best recommendations for what rank and file Americans can do. ⬇️ 5/5 #LawFedi

@heidilifeldman The restoration of democracy — even the very imperfect and limited democracy that is the most our #USA #Constitution has ever allowed — will absolutely require the removal of at least a majority of the current "Justices" of the #SCOTUS. And their removal must be given absolute priority over the maintenance of any and all outward formalities of the rule of law. Those formalities are meaningless anyway as long as this Court is allowed to continue as it is.

There have been innumerable calls for Trump to be impeached or forced to resign. Why aren't we seeing just as many calls for #Roberts and his whole gang of crooks to be impeached or forced to resign?