From the Editor’s Desk: SCOTUS is a Danger to American Democracy

From the Editor's Desk:

The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision in Donald Trump v. United States (2024) argues that sitting presidents are effectively immune from criminal prosecution, and therefore, above the law. This decision marks the most recent disaster in a multi-year catastrophe of the Roberts Court. The relentless aim of this Court has been to roll back democracy and install more authoritarian rule in the United States.

The time has come to radically alter our federal government so that democracy can be maintained. Nine unelected judges should not be able to rule our society so drastically and with no oversight. Except for a handful of decisions, the Court has historically been a stumbling block to progress and human freedom.

We should no longer tolerate this. The Court is afforded no constitutional right of judicial review. Instead, the Court simply seized that power for itself early in American history.

The Court’s grand delusion of judicial authority has been tolerated as long as the judicial body worked for the safeguard of democracy and expanded human liberty.

Historically, the Court has failed in this regard. From cementing segregation, enshrining eugenics, permitting the internment of Japanese Americans, thwarting efforts to stop child labor, and siding with white supremacists and slave owners in the run-up to the Civil War, the Supreme Court has been one of the most disastrous branches of American government.

The Roberts Court, sadly, has accelerated this history, waging a war against the progress of the twentieth century. From Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) to Trump v. United States the Court has made a series of rulings that have drastically hindered our society’s ability to thrive and exist as a modern democracy. Its most recent decision has put the United States in real danger of a dictatorship.

The Supreme Court can no longer be trusted as a body to uphold the Constitution and therefore is a danger to free people the world over. As a publication, North Meridian Review denounces the decision, the Roberts Court, and calls on lawmakers to radically alter its makeup before this handful of judges can further harm the United States. To this end we join others who have called for amendments to the U.S. Constitution to better check this branch of government. These 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st Amendments would be as follows—

28th: Members of the Supreme Court would be subject to term limits and an enforceable ethics code to prevent continued bribery of its members.

29th: Presidential accountability where Trump v. United States is made null and void.

30th: Enshrining of abortion rights, reproductive rights, and bodily autonomy in the Constitution, superseding state government decisions. This amendment should include the long fought for ERA.

31st: Voting rights added to the constitution that permit felons, both formerly incarcerated and currently incarcerated to vote. This amendment should also close the loophole in the 13th Amendment that permits slave-like conditions when someone is convicted of a crime.

Wesley R. Bishop

Managing and Founding Editor

North Meridian Press