Dear Members of the Supreme Court,
I am sure I am not the first to inform you that the legitimacy of the current Supreme Court is in question. Five of its members were nominated by a president who ascended to that office despite receiving fewer votes than his opponent; of those justices, three were confirmed over the opposition of senators representing a majority of the American people. Two of them were installed in frank defiance of congressional norms, after the duly nominated and highly qualified Merrick Garland was refused even a hearing in 2016, on the specious grounds that a Supreme Court Justice ought not be confirmed in an election year. That this rationale was opportunistic was amply demonstrated when, in a staggering and shameless display of hypocrisy, a slight majority of senators, representing a minority of Americans, confirmed Justice Barrett just eight days before the 2020 election. This is not to slight the qualifications of any of those justices, but to decry those who, loving power more than they love the United States or the ideals of its founding documents, obliged deserving judges to ascend to a tainted office.
I am writing to let you know, although I am a devoted institutionalist, I am myself doubtful of the legitimacy of the current court and am open to constitutionally permissible remedies. There is, however, one thing that might reconcile me to the current composition of the court. I propose that every justice who owes their position to a president who received fewer votes than his opponent and/or whose confirmation was opposed by senators representing a majority of the American people recuse him or herself from cases having to do with elections, on the grounds that such judges are compromised by the professional advantages they have received from minority rule and cannot address issues related to voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the like with impartiality. That this category includes a simple majority of judges on the current court only underscores the gravity of the problem.
Your sincerely, and with great love and hope for the United States of America.