Mara Gay: ‘The Far Right’ Is Now Represented on the Supreme Court

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GAY: “Well, not only would there be outrage, but you wouldn’t see it because in the moment, in this moment in American history the far right in the country, which includes several members of the Supreme Court at this point, is far less interested I believe, unfortunately, in precedent and in democratic institutions and far more interested in raw power. And I think what’s interesting about this op-ed to me is it’s straight out of the right-wing playbook at this point. Throw out an extreme idea that is anathema to everything that any American who has been to a high school social studies class would recognize as the importance of the balance and checks of power, and then get Americans used to it so by the time you’ve decided that Congress, despite Section 3 of the Constitution, has absolutely no role in altering or regulating the court, then Americans will accept that, as though it was true all along.”