Five Democratic senators filed papers with the Supreme Court warning a restructuring of the highest court in the land could happen if the supposedly ailing institution fails to “heal” itself by embracing a restrictive view of Second Amendment gun ownership rights.
It’s the latest salvo in a long-running war between left and right, Democrats and Republicans, over civil rights, the role that government plays in our everyday lives, and how the Supreme Court fulfils its mission in the policy-making process. Democrats tend to be more overt about their objectives, openly applying, for example, litmus tests on issues like abortion, while Republicans tend to shy away from such tests, defending their nominees as competent Solons.
