The framers of the US Constitution [View all]

never accounted for a situation where the Supreme Court would be so compromised as to be nothing more than a rubber stamp to authoritarianism, oligarchy, privilege of the wealthy and suppression of citizens fundamental rights to vote and to bodily autonomy.

They built in the notion of the "advise and consent" role with the idea in mind that high office holders like Senators would not allow seating of justices that would openly and knowingly advance decisions that would allow such a destruction of the foundations of the country.

But they were wrong about thinking that ultimately Senators would look to the "good of the country" as their guide to resist justices who are marketed and bought and sold like a low cut of beef going stale and turning rancid in their packaging. The Federalist Society and the crooked Senators, like Mitch, have now brought their long sought dream of a unitary President and never ending control to our door. The case is not, at it's heart, about punishing a crook. That part may result or not as a side effect. The heart of this case for the country is the Supreme Court making good on the desire of the ones who control the 6 for their selection of President to attain power and, with the blessing of the Supreme Court, commit any act desired in order to never leave the office and so seize ultimate, everlasting control. Changing our country forever from one in which control is given and granted by the people to one in which that control is locked in and the concept of grant by the people is eliminated.