'An America that you won’t recognize’: Legal scholar Kermit Roosevelt III on SCOTUS and Project 2025

The Supreme Court’s latest term revealed just how fundamentally the ultraconservative supermajority has changed the dynamics on the court, as well as how dire its ethics issues are. The justices, however, seem to believe they’re above reproach. “The only way to take the Supreme Court back in the near term is actually court expansion,” Kermit Roosevelt III, Constitutional Law scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, tells Ali Velshi. It’s a critical moment for the country and the judiciary alike, with Republicans using the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 playbook to prepare for a possible second Trump term. Roosevelt adds that if they succeed, “it’s going to be an America you won’t recognize.”
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Like prosecutors and police officers who tamper with evidence to get convictions, perhaps every judge the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation should be investigated on their rulings to see what laws they have broken.

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SCOTUS has lost all credibility.

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It won't be an "alternate" America--it will CEASE to be America.

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Isn’t it interesting that Presidents can break the law, Congress members can break the law, but somehow Supreme Court Justices cannot break the law? Their Constitutional role is to interpret the law, not create it. They are supposed to follow the Constitution, not create their own version. Clearly this court has gone rogue, has an agenda and has now engaged in legal malpractice. When does it become unlawful? Because until their latest immunity ruling, no one was supposed to be above the law. So, why do they seem to be? And if they’re not, how are they held criminally accountable?

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Exposing Project 2025 is mandatory information for all. More specifics please, much more! Great Gratitude Velshi!

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The only strategy to prevent this we have right now is: Vote Democratic, up and down ballot. Vote Democratic no matter who the nominee is! Vote Democratic election after election, until MAGA is crushed, the Federalist Society collapses, the Heritage Foundation closes its doors for good! Vote Democratic. Your Constitution, your democratic republic, your rights and liberties, are all at risk if you don't.

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Thanks for bulldogging this story. Everyone needs to know the implications here.

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Term Limits For All. They're all SERVICE positions. Age Limits For All. Retirement age 70, and then ask yourself what you can do for your country as a VOLUNTEER.

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Thank you for breaking this down. I’ve been trying to explain this to people but they don’t want to believe how dangerous this situation is.

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That’s the problem with dictatorial governments- it’s promising until it’s too late and it no longer works for you.

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Thank you Kermit Roosevelt lll, rational minds are always welcome. I am so weary from the bozo circus we have been exposed to.