The ‘Political Supreme Court’ Trope

The media-assisted campaign to undermine and delegitimize the U.S. Supreme Court, thus making it ripe for “reform,” continues apace.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman last week made an offhand remark in an article about the Michigan U.S. Senate race, writing [emphasis added]: “But because this is the only country I have, because the midterms will be razor close and because I am convinced that two more years of Donald Trump completely unchained — controlling the House, the Senate and tacitly the Supreme Court — could bring about the end of America as we have known it, I have to think about how to make the best of some not great choices.”

What does he mean by “tacitly?” Are we talking about the same court — the one that has ruled against some of the Trump administration’s most treasured agenda items?

Friedman is not alone in his delusions — not even close. It is now practically an article of faith within the liberal commentariat that the Supreme Court is under President Trump’s thumb.