Rachel Shelden: Probably natural to make comparisons to the Dred Scott Court as the standard bearer for awfulness. But also important to remember Dred Scott was ignored by several states in 1857, & then by the Republican Congress during the Civil War. Most 19th c Americans did not subscribe to judicial supremacy 2/

Whether you agree as to whether this is the most dangerous Court since Taney's (the case @kevinmkruse.bsky.social makes here) there's another key point about the comparison: Taney's Court had only a fraction of the power and authority over American politics & society that Roberts' Court does 1/

I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

Probably natural to make comparisons to the Dred Scott Court as the standard bearer for awfulness. But also important to remember Dred Scott was ignored by several states in 1857, & then by the Republican Congress during the Civil War. Most 19th c Americans did not subscribe to judicial supremacy 2/

Roberts' Court is as powerful as any Supreme Court has ever been. And it has spent the past few years accumulating even more power, as many scholars like @joshchafetz.bsky.social have argued: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 3/

The New Judicial Power Grabpapers.ssrn.com The judges are out of control. While judicial institution-building is nothing new in American history, the John Roberts-helmed judiciary has engaged in a remark

IMHO, every piece on #SCOTUS's recent radical decisions (especially those invoking "history and tradition") should emphasize the unprecedented nature of the Court's power in our history--power that was never intended by the founding generation these justices claim to revere. /fin

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