During interview with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, Vice President JD Vance bashed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for saying his job is to check the excesses of the Executive branch.
The Supreme Court has the final word with its rulings that decide many issues relevant to the country at large, including actions of the executive branch.
JD Vance tried to smear the courts because they are constantly ruling against many of Trump and his administration’s lawless and immoral actions, including many perpetrated by Elon Musk and DOGE. Vance’s task was to pretend the only function our judicial system is performing is telling Trump how to run the country.
That is a lie. Of course. His native language.
Let me just make one final philosophical point here. I worry that unless the Supreme Court steps in here, or unless the District Courts exercise a little bit more discretion, we are running into a real conflict between two important principles in the United States.
Principle 1 of course is that courts interpret the law. Principle 2 is that the American people decide how they’re governed. That’s the fundamental small-d democratic principle that’s at the heart of the American project. I think that you are seeing, and I know this is inflammatory, but I think you are seeing an effort by the courts to quite literally overturn the will of the American people. To be clear, it’s not most courts.
