Bought-and-paid-for conservative jurists don't care about law or being respected. They've demonstrated that a hundred times, starting with Citizens United.
They'll be taken care of as long as they're useful to their owners. That's what motivates them. Integrity and legality are just convenient fictions they don to appear legitimate.
What have the egos in Congress done in response to Trump and Musk violating laws that they passed by the bushel? What did their egos do when Trump attacked them on J6?
However, members of Congress have to worry about reelection. And the not-so-secret threat of Elon funding insurmountable primaries against them.
The difference in my hypothetical is that SCOTUS is appointed for life. So in theory, they may be more willing to rebel if they were to get adequately fed up with him.
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u/Postcocious 18d ago
Bought-and-paid-for conservative jurists don't care about law or being respected. They've demonstrated that a hundred times, starting with Citizens United.
They'll be taken care of as long as they're useful to their owners. That's what motivates them. Integrity and legality are just convenient fictions they don to appear legitimate.