Opinion | There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself - The Washington Post

For those who say expansion would politicize the court, remember that the court has already been politicized. Consider how we got here: Senate Republicans in 2016 refused to fulfill their constitutional duties to render advice and consent on Obama's nominee on the grounds that voters should have a say, and then rushed to install Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020 even after early voting for a new president was underway. Court expansion would be simply be a corrective action to return it to its pre-MAGA incarnation.

And for those who caution that Republicans, should they regain full control of Congress, could retaliate and expand the court further: This is a reasonable concern, but as Brian Fallon, co-founder and executive director of the progressive group Demand Justice, tells me, if that happens "we're no worse off than we are now."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/11/supreme-court-reform-expansion-term-limits-ethics/

Opinion | Elena Kagan to her colleagues: You’re why the Supreme Court has lost legitimacy - The Washington Post

On Monday, she let loose a burst of refreshing clarity during a talk at Temple Emanu-El in New York. "Judges create legitimacy problems for themselves … when they instead stray into places where it looks like they're an extension of the political process or when they're imposing their own personal preferences," she said. She added that the public has a right to expect that "changes in personnel don't send the entire legal system up for grabs."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/14/kagan-speech-supreme-court-legitimacy-roberts/

Analysis: The Coming Crisis of Legitimacy - Government Executive

"The instinct of the American people should be to trust in the outcome of our election," Marsden said. "When you actually look at the details of how elections are run—from security features to audits to transparency measures to legal guardrails—the list of fail-safes is quite long."

https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/09/analysis-coming-crisis-legitimacy/168447/