Republicans have turned Supreme Court into a US House of Lords, an obstructionist entity that will inflict laws people don’t want

With the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, there is now a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. A transparently partisan and politicized nomination and appointment process, the prospect of appointees having fewer qualms about legislating from the bench and a majority that might endure for decades has enabled the Republicans to fashion their own version of an obstructionist, conservative House of Lords.