Jamelle Bouie: The Supreme Court is corrupt - This is what we can do about it

[Fiendish Thingy]

First half is an excellent overview of the corruption of the court; second half makes an excellent case for court expansion and ethical reforms.

If you watch just one video about the problems caused by this SCOTUS, and the potential solution, make it this one.

Highly recommended.

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[erronis]

1. Excellent explainer. The first half is well worth the watch also.

Jamelle Bouie is wonderful. Subscribing to his channel now.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. It is up to us, not our party leaders, to DEMAND court expansion be the #1 priority. Nt

[Passages]

5. We will not get out of this mess without the expansion.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. I agree 1000%

There can be no restoration of lost rights or repair of the damage of the Trump era without court expansion.

[Passages]

7. Yep. In the mean time we have some areas we can work on:

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A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal system

Sun 19 Apr 2026 09.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/19/citizens-united-super-pacs

[leftstreet]

3. Our overlords will never do this

The Supreme Court is working exactly the way they want it to. It's far from its original Constitutional purpose to settle disputes between states, etc. Congress itself gave them appellate authority - which it should NEVER have had.

The "checks and balances" joke is on us

But, much like showing people how things like Medicare For All and Single Payer could be achieved, these ideas do give people a sense of hope I guess

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. We must be our own overlords

Expansion is the only feasible solution short of Amending the constitution.

We must demand it, by refusing to support anti-expansion/pro-filibuster candidates (Janet Mills got the message).

You are correct, there will be tremendous resistance by the big donors and oligarchs to changing the status quo of gridlocked politics-as-usual.

Because of the intense , widespread suffering caused by this administration, we have a unique opportunity, a brief window between the elections of 2026 and 2028, to circumvent this entrenched power structure and elect courageous Dems who will do the right thing, kill the filibuster and expand the court.