NEW: Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Johnson respond to yesterday's Supreme Court counsel's letter defendi

[TygrBright]

22. They are running a very crucial playbook.

Leadership in the Executive and Legislative branches (those who will participate, mostly Democrats) do not have a clear, Constitutionally-directed path for dealing with a rogue Judicial branch. That means each time this happens (and it has happened before, but not recently) and the Judicial branch needs some kind of reform, they have to run a very specific playbook that accomplishes these goals:

1. Makes the extent of the problem very clear throughout the other branches of government, creating broad awareness within the Legislative and Executive branches of the need for change.

2. Highlights the 'rogue' nature of the Court's actions to the rest of the Judiciary, building awareness of the problem and the need for change there.

3. Shines a bright light on the Court's 'rogue' nature to the public, building a groundswell of support for action.

The next step will be even more difficult - building consensus in the other branches for a particular action to change the Court, running the Constitutionality and legality of that action through many Judiciary filters to make it as 'fireproof' as possible, and building public support for that particular action.

Only then will they be able to act with any real hope of effecting change.

This is the playbook they're running, and very carefully.

I wish it could go faster, but it can't. Evolving broad swathes of key stakeholder perceptions and particularly building public support are extremely difficult and perilous processes in today's environment.

wearily,
Bright