JOHN YOO: The blue tsunamis real target is the independence of the Supreme Court

The 2026 midterm's astounding election results not only shift control of Congress but also portend two years of hostility with President Donald Trump.The blue tsunami also threatens the independence of the Supreme Court.As Democrats exercise their newfound power in the legislature and build on their majorities in years to come, they will try to interfere with the workings of basic American institutions.

Of these promised "reforms," expanding the Supreme Court may pose the greatest threat to the American system of limited government and natural rights.The Democrats’ landslide victory is hard to overstate.As many political observers predicted for a midterm election during a president’s second term, Democrats took control of the House from the governing party.

But few foresaw the force of the rejection of President Trump and the Republican Party.With 24 races still to be called, Democrats have won 254 seats, surpassing the 218 needed for a majority, with Republicans left with only 157.

The results in the Senate were perhaps even more shocking.Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats, giving them a 54-44 majority; Democratic challengers narrowly lead the Republican incumbents in the other two races.

What was equally amazing was that Democratic victories came in Republican strongholds, such as Kansas (where a Democrat had not won in a century), Texas, Iowa, South Carolina, and Ohio.TRUMP'S SUPREME COURT MAJORITY FACES LOOMING THREAT AFTER DEM SENATE TAKEOVER: 'STUCK'Conservatives are panicking that the shift in control of the Senate will threaten their majority on the Supreme Court.Presidents George H.W.

Bush and George W.Bush appointed three of the justices (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito), while President Trump appointed three more (Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett).

Presidents Obama and Biden, meanwhile, appointed three (Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackso...