The Supreme Court looked like it was playing to an audience of one.

[kentuck]

Just like the Republicans in the House and Senate.

Have we lost the Supreme Court? Have they become part of the cult?

The country truly needed them. But they do not seem to have the patriotic fervor to defend our democracy. They do not realize that they are voting for themselves to become puppets.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,..."

We should note where they placed "justice" in the Preamble.

The US Supreme Court is broken.

[Liberty Belle]

1. What would it take for Biden to expand the court? Or to impeach a justice or two?

[In It to Win It]

2. A veto proof Democratic majority that's willing to expand the court and willing to override Biden's veto

[elleng]

3. Not at all lost, according to Katyal.

a few if them maybe, but not all.

Check his discussion on Lawrence show.

[onecaliberal]

4. Whatever do you mean? It is the best court money can buy.

[usonian]

5. Economics 101 (which I didn't take) --- Monopsony

I changed two words, to reflect the situation.

Monopsony

In economics, a monopsony is a market structure in which a single buyer substantially controls the market as the major purchaser of goons and services offered by many would-be sellers. The microeconomic theory of monopsony assumes a single entity to have market power over all sellers as the only purchaser of a good or service. This is a similar power to that of a monopolist, which can influence the price for its buyers in a monopoly, where multiple buyers have only one seller of a good or service available to purchase from.

History

Monopsony theory was developed by economist Joan Robinson in her book The Economics of Imperfect Competition (1933).
Economists use the term "monopsony power" in a manner similar to "monopoly power", as a shorthand reference for a scenario in which there is one dominant power in the buying relationship, so that power is able to set prices to maximize profits not subject to competitive constraints. Monopsony power exists when one buyer faces little competition from other buyers for that labour or good, so they are able to set wages or prices for the labour or goods they are buying at a level lower than would be the case in a competitive market. In economic literature the term "monopsony" is predominantly used when referring to labour markets, however could be applied to any industry, court or service where a buyer has market power over all sellers.

more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopsony

I just read a lot.

[TwilightZone]

6. We lost the SC in November 2016.

As many were warned.

[Wuddles440]

7. And...

many ignored, not only to their own detriment, but negatively impacted all of us.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. So they aren't going to rule for blanket immunity

They're actually going to rule against Trump, but they're apparently going to do it in a way that delays his trial for the rest of the year.

Oh well, still have 2 other trials that have to start.

[dalton99a]

9. Conservative means perpetuating minority rule by any means necessary

Getting rid of democracy is a necessary step

The Constitution? "It's just a goddamned piece of paper"