Should There Be a Supreme Court? Its Role Has Always Been Anti-Democratic
Should There Be a Supreme Court? Its Role Has Always Been Anti-Democratic
“Brown, J., an’ Harlan, J., is discussin’ th’ condition in th’ Roman Impire befure th’ fire …” Political cartoon by Frederick Opper, 1890. Library of Congress. By Michael Hudson / CounterPunch Vest…
"Vested interests create “checks and balances” primarily to make political systems non-responsive to demands for social reform.".
It is thanks to checks and balances that we don't currently have a dictator Trump running this country. Anyone who thinks checks and balances are a bad idea need only take a cursory glance at the world over the past few years to realize we would be far worse off without them. From Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil to Boris Johnson in the UK, would be autocrats were thwarted in their quest to remain in office by these same checks and balances.
It's not the concept is bad at all, it's the fact checks and balances have been corrupted by corporations. Today they're just really to ensure corporate America isn't held accountable.