LETTERS: Supreme Court is a danger to our liberties

If, during our glorious celebration of our nation’s semiquincentennial, your notion of American democracy is feeling particularly pinched, there is a specific, tangible reason for that. Blame the Supreme Court of the United States. Over the past two generations, since the disastrous presidency of Richard Nixon, the court has grown increasingly, radically, conservative. Following the liberal Warren Court era, Mr. Nixon appointed four justices — including conservative Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1969 — shifting the court’s balance to the right. By 2018 — with the retirement of Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy, 2020’s passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the rushed, rapid-fire confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett ahead of Joe Biden’s electoral win — the court’s 6-3 conservative