“They (SCOTUS) don’t actually have cops on hand who can go around ensuring compliance with their orders.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/175071/defying-supreme-court-voting-rights
Actually, they do have their own police force.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/jobs/police/police.aspx
This surprised me.
Why the fuck do they need a separate police department?
@feloneouscat: My immediate thought is that it's because they are the top of the Judicial Branch. The tops of the other two Branches have their own.
(I just looked it up, and yes, that seems to be the case. That said, it doesn't read as if they go around enforcing SCOTUS decisions.)
Isn’t that the point of the MPD?
Just seems weird that a branch of government has its own cops. Then, again, you never hear Republicans say they want to depend on MPD vs own cops to save money.
Hmmmm.
@feloneouscat: No. If the MPD has jurisdiction over SCOTUS, there'd be no reason to have the Capitol Police. Or the White House Police Force. I mean I guess the White House, Capitol Hill, and SCOTUS Police could be abolished and all put under the MPD, but that'd also mean less protection for them all.
I can’t agree with this assessment. I think it has more to do with power than safety.
@feloneouscat: That it's about power is a given. I believe a great many, if not most things are, both individually and collectively. Scale varies, though, depending on all manner of variables, of course.
As far as the particular subject goes, I don't believe there's a happy medium solution. Any such solutions found for things are invariably fleeting, because *somebody's* not happy, and the apple carts begin getting re-upset.
@feloneouscat: I can see why they have it, a police force on the grounds and in the area to protect the SCOTUS. 🤷♂️