Brittany Bernstein writes for National Review Online about the latest outlandish claim from U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass) called for Supreme Court reform on Sunday, including term-limits and Court-packing, as she claimed the current Court is “actively undermining” democracy.
Warren’s comments during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union come after President Biden similarly said in recent days that he hopes to pursue reforms to the high court in his final six months in office, calling it an effort that is “critical to our Democracy.”
“Here’s a man who has been a transformative president. He’s gotten an enormous amount done, and yet, he has stepped away and he has passed the torch to Kamala Harris,” Warren said. “Why has he done that? He’s done it as an act of patriotism for our nation. And he is saying we not only have to have a president who is here for the nation and who will heal us and bring us together, we also have to change our Supreme Court.”
“Because right now, we have a Supreme Court that has basically jumped the guard rails and is out there giving power to the president, saying that the President can commit any act that the President wants, saying that Congress cannot authorize agencies to act. So we’ve got a Supreme Court that is actively undermining our democracy,” she added, apparently referring to the Court’s ruling that former president Donald Trump has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority; and immunity, whether absolute or presumptive, for his other official actions.
“And I think what Joe Biden will do over the next six months, is he’s going to keep drawing that to the attention of the American people and reminding them when they vote in November, the Supreme Court is on the ballot. And that is a good reason to vote for Kamala Harris and to vote for Democrats in both the Senate and the House,” she said.
