People keep referencing guillotines & gallows, but the American response to this situation has tended to range from "mob justice" to "mail bombs"
For these reasons, past generations of US elites have sought to preserve at least the *illusion* of a fair system of laws. But the mask is fully off now.
If I had a coherent major in college and masters school, it was how to "democratize" formerly autocratic nations who were looking to reduce corruption and establish new legal & cultural practices under the rule of fair law. None of the countries in question had anything like what is now _legal_ here
Like, they did these things, but there wasn't the gall to do it under cover of law: it was done under the table. We have a system now where it's fine for a someone to put millions on promoting a judge into office (elected or not), then after they're there, legally reward them for being a good boy.
But even then, the good boys of those nations never had the gall to just declare that their favored executives got to do whatever the hell they wanted in office without fear of lawsuit. I feel utterly embarrassed as someone who pretentiously preached democratization if this is where it led.
So many articles written about the struggles of the "legitimacy" of the Supreme Court look utterly comical in this moment. Forget how we got here: where we are, now: the overall system that the Court has outlined, is a joke. If any other nation had this system we'd call it a joke. It's plain goofy.
