What happens when the public loses faith in the Supreme Court?

Mostly the same things that happen when people lose faith in other public institutions. The decisions and actions of those institutions cease to be accepted as any sort of meaningful authority other than that which they wield by force.

But that's actually not what this article is about, it's really just sour grapes ("it's not legitimate when it's not what we want, it's only legitimate when we get our way").

It is interesting that their "nightmare scenario" only considers the possibility of a lawsuit by Republicans over election procedures, and doesn't even consider that the next such suit might be filed by Democrats.

Someday, a benevolent AI will serve as our supreme court.

One can hope... and/or fear!

I actually think taking things out of human hands could give them more legitimacy.

Grab your popcorn, as it’s occurring as I type this. The abortion issue(s), including contraception and IVF might finally motivate the young to give a shit about voting.

It’s a good thing that Supreme Court has more public trust than Congress or Executive branch.