Much of the country is still talking about Biden stuttering on the debate stage instead of how each of these men would run and staff the executive branch.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images and Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.disastrous performancedeference”—shifting an immense amount of power away from Congress and the executive branch toward the judiciary.
At a certain point, it is actively misleading to put too much stock in, say, the performance of a candidate on a debate stage. The government is vast. It is run by a bunch of agencies, most of which you probably haven’t heard of, that are staffed with experts who have a deep knowledge and experience in a particular subject matter, alongside lawyers who want to make government work for the people.
Implicit in what Mark is saying, I think, that whichever candidate wins the election, the Supreme Court is going to be there to dismantle the regulatory state. That’s the real story here underneath everything else. Even if a Democratic president prevails—even if, somehow, a vigorous, 39-year-old Democratic president were elected—the Supreme Court would still be there to kneecap their attempts to deal with climate change, securities fraud, pension fraud, medical emergencies, and more.
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