BREAKING: YES! Congressman Ro Khanna shatters the emergency glass and calls for expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and term limiting their seats.
We're done letting this corrupt institution destroy our democracy...
"We must stand up to this modern day Dred Scott Court," Khanna said in a video posted to X, referring to an infamous 1857 Supreme Court pro-slavery ruling which held that Black people could not be citizens under the Constitution.
"They have unleashed a process that will eliminate the only Black majority district in the state of South Carolina. ," Khanna continued. "South Carolina has a Black population of 25%, but they would be left with not a single Black majority district or Black political representation in the house."
"We need term limits for these justices now. And we need to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices," he concluded.
Bravo congressman. Short, sweet, and to the point is the best way to handle this messaging. This court has totally shredded its legitimacy by handing down one far-right ruling after another in contradiction of legal precedent, good judgement, and moral valence.
Clarence Thomas has been bought and paid for by conservative billionaire Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito is every bit as corrupt, having accepted bribes in the form of luxury fishing trips and private jet travel from billionaire Paul Singer.
Corporations and oligarchs control our court and the only way to remedy that problem is to expand it, nominating justices who actually care about the rights and interests of the American people.
The alternative is to do nothing and watch as Republicans exploit the court to implement their deeply unpopular, minoritarian, fascist agenda. The gerrymandering assault on Black voters that Khanna mentioned is just the beginning. If we don't act now, the court will strip away more and more of our democracy until all that remains is white Christian rule.
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