To the contrary, they are very much in control. It's 9 against 300 million, and so far there's not been so much as a peep from our elected representatives....
Demand your representative begin impeachment proceedings against the "Foreign Law Five." That will get their attention----and ONLY that.
The Supreme court has the power to say all they want. However, I would like to see those Nine try to enforce there decisions on our whole society. Should the president disagree or object refuse to force the rulings it would get there panties all in a twist...
Dont you ever know that Judges tend to quote case law (i.e Doe vs Smith) rather than the law legislated by Congress..
They dread the return of domestic relations issues to their jurisdiction, and will do anything they can to keep these issues before the Court, rather than in Congress where decisions they might make jeopardize the best job any of them ever will have.