An anti-democratic Supreme Court in an undemocratic America

Further perspective, from Ezra Klein, on how the ongoing assault on our democracy is endangering our country and planet: "the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc doesn’t just reflect the outcomes of America’s undemocratic electoral rules; it is writing and, in some cases, rewriting them, to favor the Republican Party—making it easier to suppress votes, simpler for corporations and billionaires to buy elections, and legal for incumbents to gerrymander districts to protect and enhance their majorities. The Supreme Court has always been undemocratic. What it’s becoming is something more dangerous: anti-democratic."

Also, don't miss John Cassidy on how this anti-democratic power grab threatens us all. Ultimately, this is about how, through the erosion of democracy, we're losing our essential representation—that is, losing our collective ability to address challenges like climate change:

As Kavanaugh prepares to make his way to the Capitol, and, most probably, to a lifetime appointment in the old courthouse behind it, we are witnessing the denouement of an outrageous power grab by a radicalized political party, its wealthy backers, and a rogue President. It is essential to remember this wider context... Democrats, Independents, and anybody else who cares about the functioning of American democracy have good reason to be sore. There is no majority of voters out there clamoring for a ban on abortion, restrictions on collective bargaining, roadblocks to legal claims against big companies, or the purging from the electoral rolls of voters who skip a couple of elections. These are the concerns of smaller groups, with strong ties to the Republican Party, whose interests will be disproportionately represented.

Voting remains absolutely vital for resisting this ongoing assault on our democracy—an assault that Fox News, Putin, and other corrupt actors will keep waging in ever more aggressive ways. But Americans need to understand that, in 2020 and 2022, they will be participating in an increasingly undemocratic system in which they're not being fully represented. The bracing reality is that the fight to save our democracy will last for decades.