Posted on 07/06/2026 8:52:10 PM PDT by lasereye
Below is my column in Fox.com on the recent decision of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to join the ranks of Democrats calling for packing the Supreme Court. It is a disappointing moment for many of us who hoped that Shapiro could offer a moderate voice in the upcoming elections, resisting the rise of socialists and communists in his party. Instead, he proved to be just another politician thinking of the next election rather than the next generation.
Here is the column:
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D. Pa.) has finally reached his Terry Malloy moment. In the classic movie, On the Waterfront, the character tells his brother of losing it all; his shot to be a champion and a person of respect: “You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.”
Shapiro decided to deliver his defining moment on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” when he abandoned all principle and decided to join other Democratic establishment leaders in offering up the Supreme Court to the radical left. Shapiro used the common coded reference to court packing, calling for “radical reform of the Court.” The only “radical” reform being seriously discussed is packing the institution with an immediate liberal majority to reverse a series of recent decisions and to greenlight an equally radical agenda for changes to our political system.
What is so disappointing is that Shapiro could have truly been a contender, an alternative to the cringing, accommodating politicians who are yielding to the demands of the mob. Figures from Kamala Harris to Pete Buttigieg have recently embraced the scheme to show their bona fides to a rising socialist and radical movement in the Democratic Party.
Shapiro could have been different. He could have offered the country moderation and pushed back on the radical elements of his party. Shapiro was reportedly rejected as a vice presidential candidate due to being Jewish and is a member of a party that is careening toward open anti-Semitism. He could have been that mature voice in his party cautioning restraint before destroying one of our core institutions.
Instead, he chose to just be another bum in American politics.
Shapiro told MS NOW:
I think we need radical reform that’s actually going to ensure that the voices of the people are heard from, that the voices of the people are represented in the three branches of government. We don’t have that right now.
The comment echoes the remarks of other court-packers like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who insisted the court was illegitimate for rendering decisions against “widely held public opinion.”
The Supreme Court was never designed to be the “voice of the people.” On the contrary, it was meant to be a countermajoritarian check on the people’s impulse. It is that body that is designed to stand against the majority to protect minority interests and to maintain a constitutional system meant to blunt popular impulse.
In my book, Rage and the Republic, I discuss how the Framers sought to avoid a direct democratic system, which had failed repeatedly in history. These systems (based on channeling public demands) became what Benjamin Rush called a “mobocracy.” The Supreme Court plays a vital part in preventing our Republic from destroying itself.
For years, professors and pundits have quietly urged a hostile takeover of the Court to remove the barrier to fundamentally changing our system. Now, on the 250th anniversary of our Republic, they are close to getting their way.
Years ago, Harvard professor Michael Klarman laid out a radical agenda to change the system to guarantee Republicans “will never win another election.” However, he warned that “the Supreme Court could strike down everything I just described.” Therefore, the court must be packed in advance to allow these changes to occur.
Former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder has put packing the Supreme Court front and center, explaining, “[We’re] talking about the acquisition and the use of power if there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028.”
James Carville declared, “If the Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress, I think on day one, they should expand the Supreme Court to 13. F— it. Eat our dust. Don’t run on it. Don’t talk about it. Just do it.”
Now Shapiro has joined these ignoble ranks.
Shapiro and others are demanding the radical reforms despite the current Court repeatedly ruling against the Trump Administration, including most recently on birthright citizenship. Without acknowledging that the decision again showed the Court’s independence, Shapiro griped, “this case should have taken a nanosecond to decide and it should have been nine nothing.”
What does that mean? Should the courts not have heard arguments, or should the Supreme Court have issued an immediate ruling from the bench during oral arguments?
Nevertheless, that is enough for Shapiro to toss the Court to the mob. It is transparent and frankly pathetic.
Shapiro added that too much power was being given to the Executive Branch. This is a court that just ruled against the President on issues from citizenship to tariffs. It has drawn sharp rebukes from President Trump for curtailing his powers.
Now Shapiro appears ready to repeat his controversial move against his neighbor and exercise a type of adverse possession against the Court. However, he lacks the courage (as do figures like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries) to come out and call it court packing. They simply refer to “radical” changes.
It is part of conditioning voters to the type of structural changes contemplated by the left to guarantee Republicans “will never win another election.” Most voters still oppose court packing. You have to wait until voters are angry enough to take a hammer to a system that remains the oldest, most stable democracy in history.
The Court could well fall in the coming years to this mad frenzy, but it will be preceded by the fall of figures like Josh Shapiro. He and his establishment colleagues are deluding themselves into believing that they will be spared in this mobocracy that they are making.
Refusing to have his state participate in the 250th celebration on the Mall and offering up the Supreme Court will not appease an increasingly violent and anti-Semitic far-left movement.
Despite his own pandering to the mob, the socialists recently chanted “you’re next” when they saw Jeffries’ image on a screen at a New York victory party.
Yesterday’s armchair revolutionaries like Josh Shapiro will soon be treated as today’s reactionaries by the very mob that they are trying to enlist. What will be left is a lament of what Shapiro could have been at this moment in our history. As Terry Malloy said, he “coulda had class. [He] coulda been a contender. [He] could’ve been somebody.”
Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the New York Times best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
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Turley only broke with the Democrat party during the Biden years. Kind of astonishing.
Besides no way now the Democratic Party will nominate a Jew for President.
The Democrats are imploding
That’s all
He’s throwing in the towel. Being a Joo is a show-stopper for higher office. He won’t be POTUS so why be reasonable? Doesn’t buy him anything.
The NEW demo’s taking over the shit for brains party don’t like Jewish people...
Shapiro actually did a pretty good job when he was Pennsylvania’s Attorney General. For one thing, he worked to expose pedophile Catholic priests. That was long overdo.
Then it looks like Shapiro decided to throw principles aside, and do whatever he had to do to move closer to the D presidential nomination.
Pity. He and Fetterman could have united to fight back against the radicals. Now Fetterman stands alone.
He is such a petulant Nancy boy that he prevented Pennsylvania from being represented at President Trump's The Great American State Fair. At the last minute the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers stepped in and manned an exhibit on their own dime. They spit in the face of Shapiro.
At that point it will be time to go beyond the crooked election system. If the tyranny is that bad then it has to be changed.
Leonard Cohen was told once by an industry insider: "You are now at the top of the music industry. But there is no music industry." The system of record labels, physical albums and singles, terrestrial radio play and label sponsored concert tours was over. There were almost no record stores or even enclosed malls where they used to be.
Sweating about "elections" may be like that very soon if the corrupt Left takes over.
While he is a practicing Jew and a Democrat politician, Shapiro is a strong supporter of Israel.
During his 2024 vetting process to be considered Kamala Harris’s running mate, Shapiro revealed in his memoir, that he was directly questioned by the vetting team if he was “an agent or double agent for Israel”.......an inquiry he said he found highly offensive.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has consistently endorsed and supported billions in tax dollars to Israel as well as US taxpayers fully financing the Israeli military. Shapiro has been gung ho to have US taxpayers fund mega-billions for the Israeli Iron Dome missile-defense system.
He has “defended” soaking US taxpayers for Israel as being in America’s “national security interest” to protect Israelis w/ US tax dollars.
> In today’s Democrat party, a Jewish candidate wouldn’t even have a Chinaman’s chance of securing any spot on the national ticket. <
Yes, indeed. A Muslim would have a much better chance. Unfortunately, Jewish Democrats just don’t see it. They still think that the D party values them.
Nope. They’re just targets now. Scapegoats.
Kind of like it was in 1933 Germany.
Pro Israel Jewish committees range from major ntl advocacy organizations
to local community relations councils. Key examples include:
<><>the American Jewish Committee (AJC) with 25 U.S. regional offices,
<><>the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) which represents over 100 groups,
<><>JCPA also represents 157 local Jewish Federations.
Major Jewish Committees and Organizations:
<><>American Jewish Committee (AJC): a major global advocacy
<><>AJC has 25 US regional offices and 13 overseas.
<><>Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA): An umbrella body
<><>works with 16 national Jewish agencies
<><>and 125 local Jewish Community Relations Councils (JCRCs).
<><>Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA):
<><>Represents 157 Jewish Federations and 400 independent communities.
<><>Anti-Defamation League (ADL): A leading anti-hate organization.
<><>Jewish Federations operate a Jewish Community Relations Council for local public affairs.
Other Notable Committees & Associations:
<><>Secure Community Network (SCN): Works for 146 federations and 50 major non-profits.
<><>Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations:
<><>the Conference is a coalition of over 50 national member organizations.
The structure of these committees varies, with some focusing on public policy (like the JCPA), international relations (like the AJC), or community security (like the SCN).
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org
American Jewish Committee (AJC) is an international advocacy organization.......
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
https://jewishphilly.org
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Five main committees and a handful of specialized task forces are the drivers behind the vital work...
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
https://jewishpublicaffairs.org
Over 100 Jewish Groups Assail Recent Attacks on Democratic Norms and Values -
>> Shapiro either has no principles and just goes with whatever way the wind is blowing in his party...or he has been a lefty at heart all along.
Why not all three of those, at once??!?
Source: Brandeis University
Approximately 1.8 million Jewish adults, just under one-third
of the total Jewish electorate, live in twenty-five congressional districts.
National Profile of the Jewish Electorate, May 2020
Of the top twenty-five districts by Jewish population, nearly half are in New York — NY10, NY-3, NY-12, NY-17, NY4, NY-9, NY-6, NY-8, and NY11.
The remaining districts with Jewish populations are found in seven states including Florida, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. FL-21 has the greatest number of Jewish adults at 152,000.
With the exception of NJ-4, these districts are represented by Democrats and all but two (NJ-4 and NJ-5) are Democratic-leaning districts.
American Jewish voters and campaign donors historically align with and donate heavily to the Democratic Party, with roughly 70% of Jews identifying as or leaning Democratic because of unwavering Democrat support for Jewish liberal values, such as abortions with the government picking up the tab, the gay agenda, social welfare, pluralism, and church-state separation.
US Jews allegiance to the Democratic Party is driven by a commitment to liberalism, and that Democrats represents the Jewish community’s values.
Pro-Israel Tax Dollar Funding: pro-Israel lobbying groups (like AIPAC’s United Democracy Project) direct significant funding toward Democratic primaries to influence foreign policy positions......paericularly rax dollar billions to subsidize Israel’s military, economy and generous social welfare system
The majority of individual Jewish donations go to Democrats. (Pew Research Center)
>> Shapiro is a punk. Is prison they’d put a skirt on him and swish him from cell to cell.
ROFL! Dead on!
Jews are considered too few in number for polling; because they make up a small percentage of the US population, standard national polls often use extraordinary methods to ensure adequate representation which makes it appear Jews are numerous when Congressional funding issues loom.
Here is how polling on the Jewish population works:
Overall Population Size: The total U.S. Jewish population is insignificant .......a small fraction of the overall U.S. population.......it is too small a number to study with proper methodology.
Specialized Polling: Major research organizations, such as the American Jewish Population Project at Brandeis University, conduct targeted surveys specifically to analyze Jewish Americans’ views and demographics.
Methodology: To get statistically significant results for a smaller demographic like Jews, pollsters use techniques like:
Oversampling: Including using a larger number of Jewish individuals in a survey sample than would occur by pure random chance, and then weighting the results back to their correct proportion in the overall population for national estimates.
Targeted Sampling: Using commercial lists or focusing on geographic areas (such as specific counties in New York, Florida, or Pennsylvania) where large Jewish populations reside to reach potential respondents.
Political Significance: The Jewish vote is considered insignificant in U.S. politics, particularly in swing states or districts with unseemly high Jewish populations, but Jews high voter registration and turnout rates and voting patterns leaning Democratic, have nuances across different Jewish subgroups, making their vote an area of analysis for funding and political strategies.
While they are a tiny minority group, the Jewish population is routinely polled using extraordinary statistical methods to get their opinions and voting behavior
Moderate? Moderate voice?
El Rush-Bo said it best. A moderate is just a Liberal in disguise.
>> Unfortunately, Jewish Democrats just don’t see it. They still think that the D party values them.
I have a heart for the Jewish people, However, you’re right, the Jew ‘Rats are pretty much delusional idiots.
>> Jewish liberal values, such as abortions with the government picking up the tab
Seriously??!? That’s a “Jewish [liberal] value”?
the democrap party fostered this joo hate for decades, thinking they could feed the alligator enough so it would never eat them. No matter how leftist anti Orange Man like that sonderkommando in NY who lost his seat. and here we are again. Sorry not sorry. All of it is bad for america
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