'We are in a crisis moment — and it’s only getting worse. We must treat this Court as the emergency that it is.' OpEd
Unelected, unaccountable judges are on the verge of limiting our ability to fight climate change while forcing people to birth unwanted babies in a world with almost unlimited access to deadly weapons. It’s perhaps no wonder that a majority of AmericansWe are in a crisis moment — and it’s only getting worse. We must treat this Court as the emergency that it is. And that starts withthe Court.
Beyond the immediate term, we need to prioritize putting power back in the hands of democratically accountable individuals. As Harvard law school professor Niko Bowiewith the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, the “Supreme Court is an anti-democratic institution.… The Court has wielded an anti-democratic influence on American law, one that has undermined federal attempts to eliminate hierarchies of race, wealth, and status.
The time to critically assess and reconfigure the Court’s role in our society is now. Our democracy depends on it.
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