The Supreme Court is not a legitimate institution.

With Roe v. Wade facing an impending repeal, it’s time we discussed the Highest Court in the United States.

We’ve been begged, yelled at, and pleaded with to vote as if our lives depend on it throughout our adult lives. Most of us have met this demand, yet here we are- Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy, and our fundamental human rights are again in peril. Our country delves deeper into its downward spiral toward fascism by the day as we all look on in horror. Is this what we voted, protested, canvassed, and phone banked for? Of course it isn’t. Our votes were supposed to prevent this from happening, yet they didn’t. How can this be? How does this policy decision, that nearly 70% of the American electorate disagrees with, seem inevitable? The answer is very simple but very frightening. The Supreme Court is not, nor has it ever been, a legitimate democratic institution.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever voted for a Supreme Court Justice. Unless you’re currently or were previously a United States senator, you haven’t. These nine (9) justices are appointed by the President (who may or may not have won a majority of votes in their election), then subject to approval in the US Senate. The same Senate that was first established to protect the practice of chattel slavery. The same Senate that the Electoral College is based on that can grant someone…