It’s worrisome, to say the least, to hear Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett dismiss the danger of a constitutional crisis, while opining that “the Constitution is alive and well.” At the very least, one can say, notwithstanding Barrett’s assertion, that the Constitution isn’t “alive and well” and that the MAGA majority on the Court, which includes Barrett, is facilitating its weakening, if not its complete eviseration. So far they haven’t shredded the Constitution completely.

That fact should bring no comfort to the anti-MAGA majority. The wrecking of democractic rights and structures in the eyes of Trump and all, including the Court’s majority, is a step by step process. Not done all at once, but over time with the aim of leaving behind an empty shell, stripped of constitutional and democratic rights.

Given these circumstances, the formation of a engaged, united, and far flung anti-MAGA majority – including, not least the Democratic Party – is the order of the day. Only such a formation has the political wherewithal (muscle) to prevent such a turn of events. A narrowly constructed one is nothing but a self inflicted wound and recipe for defeat. And who needs that? We should think and act broadly.This is a class (or working class) approach to fighting an emerging fascist state.