Is The US Supreme Court Broken? How Would You Fix It?
This piece is not about home energy upgrades. It's an opinion article debating whether the US Supreme Court should be restructured, with no connection to energy efficiency, rebates, or home improvement.
The author argues the court has favored fossil fuel interests and weakened environmental rules, including a 2026 ruling on the Endangerment Finding (a legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases) and a separate ruling curbing the power of independent federal agencies. From there, the piece surveys ideas for changing the court: expanding it beyond nine justices, setting term limits (an 18-year limit proposed by Representative Ro Khanna is mentioned), or locking the number at nine permanently, as proposed in a 2025 resolution from Representative Andy Biggs. Legal experts quoted in the piece disagree on whether expanding the court would actually change outcomes, and one draws on the post-Civil War Reconstruction era as a historical example of Congress reshaping the judiciary. The author closes with personal proposals, including congressional term limits and a ban on lawmakers and justices trading stock in companies affected by their rulings.
There's nothing here about heat pumps, insulation, rebates, tax credits, or any program a homeowner could use. It's a political commentary piece that happens to reference the Supreme Court's climate-related rulings in passing.
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