Across the country, protesters have dragged around makeshift guillotines as they call for "revolutionary" changes to our constitutional systems. The French Revolution is a reminder of how revolutions devour their own. Even more unnerving is the increase in calls for radical changes - elimination or packing the Supreme Court, trashing the Electoral College, and cancelling the U.S. Senate - by establishment figures on the Left. - Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. 

Why We Shouldn't Cancel the Supreme Court 

Jonathan Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School. Views this week will summarize his speech at Hillsdale...what we all must know. 

     "Today's attacks on American judiciary harkens back to 'The Terror' in revolutionary France. Mobocracy - the Founders sought to avoid by designing our constitutional order. The Constitution, including the independent court system, were to protect God-given individual rights. 

     "There is a radical movement in the U.S. with chilling parallels to the French Revolution: eliminate or pack the Supreme Court. This is a litmus test for Democratic presidential candidates. Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Ro Khanna have embraced it. Gavin Newsom claims 'nostalgia' for the Court is not working. The Democratic Socialists of America call for dissolving the Supreme Court and eliminating the U.S. Senate. Strategist James Carville said, 'If Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress on day one they should expand the Supreme Court to 13.' 

     "Sen. Elizabeth Warren characterized the Court as illegitimate because it renders decisions against 'widely held public opinion.' Former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell said, 'the Court defies the will of the people.' U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - of presidential interest - asks why we even have a Supreme Court. 'How much does the current structure benefit us?' Buttigieg's Court would have 15 justices operating like the Federal Election Commission, with party loyalists voting the party line. 

     "Our non-partisan, independent judiciary serves two purposes: it plays a vital role in preserving the separation of powers, which prevents government power from being concentrated in one place. And it stands as a bulwark in defense of minority rights. It performs these essential roles without being threatened by the political branches - Congress and the executive branch."

Tomorrow: Court system corrections