The left's myopic fantasy of eviscerating the Supreme Court

Why packing the court is a fool's paradise

The Supreme Court building.
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The American left is understandably angry and alarmed at the prospect of the right securing a solid majority on the Supreme Court for the next generation. That this majority is largely a product of Mitch McConnell's norm-shredding thuggishness and the counter-majoritarian vagaries of the Electoral College only makes it more galling.

But that doesn't mean it makes sense for the left to turn on the institution of the court itself, as growing numbers appear ready and eager to do.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.