SCOTUS just delivered the message that: 1. they are a political institution, not a judicial one, 2. they will pick cases based on the level of controversy rather than merit, and lastly, we plebes can just suck it up and get over it.
It also delivers, to me anyway, that our system is so deeply corrupted and broken that there is no fixing it. It is rotten from head to toe and at this point, its continued existence is for the purpose of serving and enriching those who direct it. And, those ain't us.
And, I never would have thought I would get to this point in my thinking, but here I am.