Maybe the R's should just disband the court?

In the right wing's assault on the Judiciary as a concept, the frame du jour is that we need strict constructionalists and origionalists. They claim that judges should simply apply the law as written and not "legislate from the bench".

My question is: if applying the law was such a no-brainer, why do we need 9 supreme court judges? Why not 1? Actually, now that you mention it, why do we need an entire appeals court system as well?

That's the problem with Lakoff-style debate framing: your frames often mean more than you think they do. The right wingers should just say what they mean: we want judges who are extremely conservative. The left already knows that, and the right would probably support them even more if they talked in that manner.