going to channel @nikobowie.bsky.social and Daphna Renan here and note that this piece conflates the court's horizontal review of congressional statutes (highly controversial and politically contested throughout American history) with vertical review of state law and enforcement of federal law.
“Court packing is never ever something you should do” is not a tenable position. It’s trivial to imagine a court so extremely anti-constitutional (and yet 34 senators won’t convict) where court packing would be the necessary lesser evil. The only question is if the Roberts Court is that bad. (it is)
OMB Director Russell Vought has weaponized federal funding for disaster aid & climate resilience programs to punish states that didn’t back Trump in 2024. Those who stand to suffer the most from Vought’s vindictiveness—average Americans—are being treated as disposable pawns.