1. United States
2. Vt.
3. Letter

In light of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions overturning long-established precedents — expanding the president’s power to fire independent regulators, turn away asylum seekers, and remove deportation protections, not to mention removing protections for religious minorities and adding them for corporations — I want to reaffirm my strong support for structural reform of the Supreme Court, up to and including reforms that require a constitutional amendment. Specifically: I support term limits, an enforceable ethics code, expanding the court to 13 to match the underlying districts, and formal restrictions on the use of the shadow docket. The conservative majority on the Court aren’t deciding cases in good faith, and their poor jurisprudence has led to a growing lack of legitimacy for the Court itself. Our system of governance is bursting at the seams — the Supreme Court’s malfeasance isn’t the only crisis we’re facing — but addressing it makes facing the other crises easier. We can’t keep going on like this! Please do something for your constituents and all Americans.