The biggest obstacle we will face in addressing the court problem isn't Mitch McConnell, it'll be @neal_katyal and elite lawyers. It's the legal liberal elites who are trained to worship the Supreme Court and disdain Congress.
There is plenty of flexibility in the Constitution to get around the courts. Just strip jurisdiction when you legislate. The problem is the screams from @neal_katyal and Hogan Lovells and MSNBC when/if they do so. Plus the law schools churn out elite lawyers who worship judges.
There's a reason Supreme Court clerks get $400,000 signing bonuses when they go to #biglaw firms. It's outrageous but fixable. The issue is populists are up against a religion of the elites, which is what the fetish for judges is about.
Congress is good. Members of Congress should be paid more and so should their staff. They should interpret the Constitution without recourse to judges, they should write the rules of civil procedure, and they should arrest executive branch officers using contempt powers.
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