Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court

https://lemmy.world/post/2329576

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court - Lemmy.world

This is genuinely quite a scary belief coming from a SCOTUS justice. In effect he is saying that the SCOTUS is the only institution in the US that is completely untouchable by legislation. That elevates the SCOTUS to a level beyond any other government position. Effectively our benevolent overlords. Given how low of approval ratings that the SCOTUS has, their recent series of ideological activist decisions, and the fact that they aren’t even elected positions, I find myself increasingly in support of a fundamental redefinition of the SCOTUS as we know it. I don’t see why we shouldn’t stack the SCOTUS when they’ve fundamentally abandoned their duty to any level of fairness or responsibility for the citizens of the US.
Unelected, serve for life, say they are untouchable and can do as they please. How is that not a king?
because they're not murdered by their successor?
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Ruth Ginsburg the Wise?

too soon

Still miss her :(

I still blame her for Barrett.