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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Backs Court-packing; Says Courts Should Not Overrule Legislature
Breitbart ^ | 18April | J Pollack

Posted on 04/19/2021 11:15:17 AM PDT by qaz123

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has backed Democrats’ effort to pack the Supreme Court by adding four new seats that would be filled by President Joe Biden, arguing the courts should not be allowed to overturn laws passed by Congress.

The Washington Times reported:

“I do think we should be expanding the court,” she told reporters.

The New York Democrat, part of the progressive “Squad” collective on Capitol Hill, reasoned the justices overturning laws is part of the problem with the 6-3 conservative majority.

“The idea that nine people, that a nine-person court, can overturn laws that … hundreds and thousands of legislators, advocacy and policymakers drew consensus on … we have to … just ask ourselves, I think as a country, how much does that current structure benefit us? And I don’t think it does,” she said

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; courtpacking; courts; doofus; scotus; states
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To: qaz123

God, I hope this woman doesn’t breed with her soyboy cuck white boyfriend. Her genes need to die off to raise the collective IQ of the nation.


21 posted on 04/19/2021 11:28:30 AM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: qaz123

I imagine she can do simple math like calculating tips.

No insult to bar maids in general was intended.


22 posted on 04/19/2021 11:28:43 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: aynrandfreak

Obviously a real Constitutional scholar. Of course the Democrats mostly view the Constitution as toilet paper so I guess it makes sense.


23 posted on 04/19/2021 11:28:53 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: qaz123

yup!


24 posted on 04/19/2021 11:29:25 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they are excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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25 posted on 04/19/2021 11:29:26 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: qaz123

There you have it... I KNEW she couldn’t pass a HS civics course!


26 posted on 04/19/2021 11:29:30 AM PDT by SMARTY ( "Force always attracts men of low morality. " Albert Einstein)
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To: qaz123

She doesn’t even understand how our government system WORKS.

Overruling unconstitutional or even illegal legislation is their job - toots.


27 posted on 04/19/2021 11:29:34 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: qaz123

Congress already has the power to declare certain subjects off-limits to Supreme Court review. They have simply never chosen to exercise that power.

Article III states: “In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.”

Nowhere in the Constitution is SCOTUS given the power to overrule laws passed by Congress or the Legislatures. It gave itself that power in Marbury v Madison and has never been challenged over it.


28 posted on 04/19/2021 11:30:00 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: qaz123

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29 posted on 04/19/2021 11:31:25 AM PDT by Fiddlstix ((Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fungi

Makes for a nice ride. Seriously though AOC is an idiot. But a dangerous one with legislative power.

She’s not to be underestimated.


30 posted on 04/19/2021 11:31:43 AM PDT by jmacusa (The result of conformity is everyone will like you but yourself.)
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To: Seruzawa

Is that a photoshopped picture?


31 posted on 04/19/2021 11:31:52 AM PDT by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: qaz123

So we should throw out all those rulings where the Court overruled Congress and the state legislatures to impose liberal doctrines, e.g., abortion and gay marriage?


32 posted on 04/19/2021 11:33:42 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: wjcsux

Dunno. Probably though.

It’s false but accurate!!


33 posted on 04/19/2021 11:34:06 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: qaz123

There are two conservatives on the USSC.
Three middle of the roaders.
Three committed leftists.
And NWO Roberts.


34 posted on 04/19/2021 11:34:16 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: nickcarraway

For long time, we had legislations nullified by liberal judges. It was great. Now, somehow, it is not?


35 posted on 04/19/2021 11:34:33 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: qaz123; All
AOC unsurprisingly doesn’t seem to understand the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers, most federal domestic policy based on stolen state powers imo.

Military-related issues aside, patriots can bet that if a given federal spending program is not reasonably related to the U.S. Post Service, then the program is unconstitutional and win the bet probably most of the time.

To put a stop to unconstitutional federal government overreach, patriots need to primary (2022) federal and state lawmakers who don’t agree to do the following about state powers stolen by the corrupt feds.

When the federal government accuses someone of violating a law, judges and law enforcement officials should be required to do the following.

Judges and law-enforcement officials need to inform the accused of the constitutional clause(s) that arguably justifies the allegedly broken law for further scrutiny of the constitutionality of that law, especially where unconstitutional federal peacetime gun control laws are concerned imo.

36 posted on 04/19/2021 11:36:32 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: qaz123
Too bad those aren't brains.


37 posted on 04/19/2021 11:39:15 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: qaz123

She advances an argument conservatives have been making for years.

When it comes to determining constitutional law, the legislative, executive and judicial are equals.


38 posted on 04/19/2021 11:48:30 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: qaz123

It’s incredible to me that so many can be so ignorant of how dangerous court packing truly is. If they can expand the court to 13 justices, can we expand it to 113 next time we have a solid conservative in the White House and a Congress willing to play ball?

What happens to the balance on the court then? Sure, they could potentially do this in the short term, but the long term consequences for the country are so terrible that they shouldn’t even be considering this, let alone talking about it. It’s an insane idea that can only lead to disaster.


39 posted on 04/19/2021 11:49:01 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: qaz123
AOC is a life support system for a vag. Her "hotness" only qualifies her as a momentary spasm, not for breeding.

Imagine how stupid her whelps are going to be. No amount of intelligent DNA can overcome that much 'Tard.

40 posted on 04/19/2021 11:50:41 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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