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jeffwinger_esq t1_iyny42m wrote

Reply to comment by TheBrennanCenter in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter

OK, thanks. Follow-up, though: What actually gives any of us the confidence that SCOTUS has any sort of internal integrity as an institution? We've watched the current court tie itself into knots to reach the conclusions that it wants -- why will this be different?

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Sunburnt-Vampire t1_iyqd4wo wrote

Not the experts but since it seems AMA is over I'll give the impression I get:

Repealing Roe vs Wade and similar "extreme" decisions are simply a reversion to colonial era America. This is this thus easier to justify than ISLT which has never once been a thing in the history of America.

While we might get the impression the stacked SC is free to do whatever it wants, they do need to at least have a "reason" for their actions. And "it's a reversion to how things were when the constitution was written" won't be a valid one this time.

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