Michael Hiltzik: How Congress could rein in the rogue Supreme Court
If the Supreme Court's decisions in 2022 made your skin crawl, what with its eviscerating abortion rights, hobbling gun restrictions and undermining the government's ability to address global warming, strap yourself in: The 2022-23 session could be as bad, or worse.
So it should come as no surprise that interest in options to clip this Supreme Court's wings has continued to grow.
On the court's docket are cases that could limit the federal government's enforcement of clean water regulations, narrow the Voting Rights Act, outlaw affirmative action policies at universities and protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.
The most consequential, and to some observers dangerous, case involves something known as the independent state legislature doctrine.
The argument is that legislatures should be free to regulate congressional elections without regard to their own state constitutions, governors or courts.
That position could open the door to widespread gerrymandering and, posing a new threat to the democratic process.
