Opinion by Jason Willick: The “next” Jan. 6 is happening, and the Supreme Court is the target
Of course, political shocks never recur with exactitude. But there are clear parallels between last year’s Trumpist movement to obstruct Congress and the current progressive movement to obstruct the Supreme Court. Consider four points of comparison — the premise, the intent, the methods and the response.The Capitol assault was based on the premise that one of the United States’ three branches of government was rendered illegitimate through theft or fraud.
After the 2020 election, President Donald Trump and his supporters leveled this accusation at the executive branch — specifically, the incoming president.Now, such claims are repeated nearly verbatim by Democrats attacking conservative Supreme Court justices, who sit atop the coequal judicial branch. This language is justified by reference to a variety of complaints about the court, most commonly the Republican-run Senate’s refusal to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee in 2016.
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