Thanks to LGM, I see a quasi-prominent “intellectual” right winger impotently raging in the corner:
I would support all manner of reactions that the GOP will lack the guts to try — and that, if they did try, would cause them to get shellacked in the elections. For example, I would support impeachment of any and all of the Justices that voted in the majority of either King v. Burwell or Obergefell. That, in my view, is a proper constitutional reaction to lawless decisions (notwithstanding the disastrous precedent established by the Samuel Chase impeachment proceedings).
But look. We didn’t impeach the Justices who made up a right to abortion in Roe. What makes you think they would impeach anyone now?
Besides noting the weaselly conditionality of the statement, he wants impeachment… We as liberals should cower in fear of a Republican led doomed impeachment attempt for the six justices in question… as the worst case scenario is a swing faction that is personally and professionally pissed off at the reactionary faction on the court and their external allies. A plausible case scenario for liberals if a new court with 6 Dem appointed justices where the median voter is 74, so we could expect a locked in Dem appointed majority for at least six to ten years even if the Republicans win in 2016. The best case scenario would be a 6-3 Dem majority court with the older justices retiring to be replaced by late 40 somethings to lock in a Dem appointed majority for twenty to thirty years.
We need to encourage this rage.