Following a series of decisions, many Democrats called out the Supreme Court’s rulings and asked for changes.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams the Supreme Court
Ocasio-Cortez was a guest on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The New York representative stated, “The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to see an undemocratic and, frankly, dangerous authoritarian expansion of power in the Supreme Court.”
Demanding changes
Ocasio-Cortez suggested expanding the number of justices on the bench, claiming, “What we are seeing now, from the overturning of abortion rights to the ruling that discrimination and, frankly, stripping the full personhood and dignity of LGBTQ people in the United States. … These are the types of rulings that signal a dangerous creep toward authoritarianism and centralization of power in the court.”
Justices acting “like Congress itself”
Ocasio-Cortez contended that justices “are expanding their role into acting as though they are Congress itself,” commenting on recent controversies surrounding ethics standards and arguing justices’ power should be limited.
The controversies
She continued by saying that justices “are expanding their role into acting as though they are Congress itself,” commenting on recent controversies surrounding ethics standards and arguing justices’ power should be limited.”
Strict ethics guidelines
Ocasio-Cortez added, “We should be considering subpoenas and investigations. We must pass much more binding and stringent ethics guidelines.”
More demanded changes
But she is not the only progressive House member who wants to see changes in the Supreme Court after its decisions on affecting affirmative action, student debt cancellation, and LGBTQ protections.
Massachusets representative agreed
Ayanna Pressley, also a Democrat, said that if the court were a caucus in Congress, it would be the “bootstrapper forced to birth don’t say gay caucus.”
Making history for the wrong reasons
The representative from Massachusets was on MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show,” where she shared, “They continue to overturn the will of the majority of the people and to make history for all the wrong reasons, legislating from the bench and being political from the bench.”
Pressley called it “intersectional oppression”
Pressley argued that “It is nothing but intersectional oppression,” adding, “I think everything should be on the table,” Pressley said when asked whether she supports adding more seats to the nine-justice bench. “[Here’s] a Supreme Court that has been emboldened in rolling back the hands of time, undermining and rolling back what should be fundamental civil human rights. So everything should be on the table: reform and expansion.”
The president called out the Supreme Court’s decisions
Biden said, “This is not a normal court,” after the affirmative action ruling and promised to direct the Department of Education to explore practices for fostering diversity inside the educational system. During his speech at a White House, the president said, “The truth is, we all know it, discrimination still exists in America … today’s decision does not change that.” He suggested “a new standard” allowing “colleges to consider the adversity a student has overcome.”
Biden is not for expanding the number of justices
In a live interview, the president spoke on MSNBC to Nicolle Wallace, who shared, “I think if we start the process of trying to expand the court, we’re going to politicize it maybe forever in a way that is not healthy.”
Chief Justice’s statement
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, “Despite the dissent’s assertion to the contrary, universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today.”
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