The Supreme Court is borked, and it's going to get worse if we don't do something about it

Don't miss Elie Mystal on this week's The Brief

Say what you want about them, but Republicans can think long-term, having spent 50 years systematically using all tools at their disposal to get themselves the Supreme Court they wanted—a radical conservative court, vastly out of step with the American public, that is destroying all the freedoms we cherish, from our right to privacy (abortion, contraception, same-sex marriage, and even interracial marriage), to our right to vote, to our right to stay alive. For some reason, the “originalists” on the court conveniently skip over the words “well regulated” that describe the Founders’ vision of a militia—a key plank in their bid to make mass death more commonplace in our society. 

Joining me today on Daily Kos The Brief, our weekly show about politics, is Elie Mystal, the justice correspondent for The Nation, and author of Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution. You can watch the show live right here on Tuesdays at 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM ET, while the podcast version goes live Wednesday mornings at all the usual places, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. A full list of places to download the show is available here.

Some of the topics we’ll discuss: 

The fact that the Court doesn't have any opinions ready this week is all the proof I need that SCOTUS was absolutely going to release its horrible pro-gun opinion in NYS Rifle today, and then balked because of all the mass shootings they are helping.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) May 31, 2022

To recap: Police claim they shoot unarmed black children because they "fear for their lives" but police also claim they do not shoot armed gunmen killing children because they "fear for their lives."

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) May 27, 2022

It's really amazing to me how thoroughly the Democratic ruling establishment has convinced the center mass Democratic voter that the DOJ and FBI are basically powerless institutions which can't really do much of anything.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) May 26, 2022

There is NO WAY the Uvalde police would have let me storm an elementary school and teach the 1619 Project for an hour

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) May 26, 2022

Elie is one of the best observers of the absurdity of our Supreme Court. Don’t miss this episode.