The Left Isn’t Even Pretending to Work within the American System of Government Anymore

m.knox · Jul 20, 2023

Authoritarian. Fascist... Call it what you like.......... The left is destroying the institutions of America..........

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023...in-the-american-system-of-government-anymore/

It is a euphemism for arguing that Joe Biden should just ignore the Supreme Court altogether when it issues a ruling opposed to Democratic policy priorities. No, really, I’m not kidding. That’s the argument in whole:

We urge President Biden to restrain MAGA justices immediately by announcing that if and when they issue rulings that are based on gravely mistaken interpretations of the Constitution that undermine our most fundamental commitments, the Administration will be guided by its own constitutional interpretations.
We have worked diligently over the past five years to advocate Supreme Court expansion as a necessary strategy for restoring democracy. Although we continue to support expansion, the threat that MAGA justices pose is so extreme that reforms that do not require Congressional approval are needed at this time, and advocates and experts should encourage President Biden to take immediate action to limit the damage.
The central tenet of the solution that we recommend—Popular Constitutionalism—is that courts do not exercise exclusive authority over constitutional meaning. In practice, a President who disagrees with a court’s interpretation of the Constitution should offer and then follow an alternative interpretation. If voters disagree with the President’s interpretation, they can express their views at the ballot box.

Read that again! They’re not even trying to disguise the Left’s hunger for raw power anymore. He calls Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett “MAGA justices” and dismisses the Court’s opinions as “MAGA rulings” without even bothering to gesture to an argument as to why their status on the Court is somehow lesser than anyone else’s — it is meant to be understood that “associated with Trump” equals “illegitimate.” This does not even attempt to convincingly impersonate the language of legal argumentation; it is the vulgar branding-focused language of political partisanship. It’s hard to even find substance to kick against in the manifesto, because though it dresses its argument up in the language of legality, it is an explicitly lawless argument: A Democratic president can do what he wants if he feels it’s right, and if there’s a problem, well . . . there will be an election in four years or whatever, the people can “vote” about it then. This isn’t even plebiscitary democracy (which is barely a democracy at all), it’s just a pitch for blunt Caesarism.

The Spin Meister · Jul 20, 2023