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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

nobody has told her that the judicial is the third but equal branch of govt and is in place exactly because of idiots and their ‘consensuses’


61 posted on 04/19/2021 4:20:59 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: dead

Bingo....those courts have been how they’ve been able to get away with EVERYTHING they’ve done since, forever.

I’m wondering if someone pulls her to the side and lets her know about all the dumb sh*t she says or do they just let her out there, so she can deflect some heat for them.


62 posted on 04/20/2021 6:23:08 AM PDT by qaz123 (G)
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To: Petrosius

One can only imagine how much different this country would be. For the better.


63 posted on 04/20/2021 6:24:32 AM PDT by qaz123 (G)
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To: All

I think a lot of folks that have commented on this post are looking at this wrong.

Is she dumber than a stump? Absolutely.

Is it obvious she has either never taken a civics or social studies class where the 3 branches of government were explained to her or she has totally rejected that idea due to her acceptance of liberal, hipster, “socialist” values? Absolutely, one of the other or both.

But, she’s also too dumb to realize that she’s supporting the ability of state legislatures and Governors to write, pass and sign into laws, ones that cannot be challenged or overturned by any federal court. No more running to the 9th Circuit or DC Circuit to get a nationwide injunction.

States want to ignore the NFA, okey dokey. Folks don’t want to participate in any of the immigration or refugee directives, okey dokey.


64 posted on 04/20/2021 6:33:28 AM PDT by qaz123 (G)
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To: al baby

Bingo!!


65 posted on 04/20/2021 6:34:30 AM PDT by qaz123 (G)
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