The Supreme Court will not survive another Democratic trifecta

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The continued existence of the Supreme Court is safe as long as there is a Republican in the White House. But as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reminded us this week, every vote for a Democrat in the House and Senate this year will help lay the groundwork for the institution’s eventual eradication should Democrats ever regain control of the presidency, the House, and the Senate.

Speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, Jeffries called the Supreme Court a “subsidiary” of President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement and promised “dramatic Supreme Court reform” if Democrats take power.

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