Ocasio-Cortez warns of ‘dangerous authoritarian expansion of power’ in Supreme Court

The Hill ^ | 07/02/2023 | Julia Mueller

[ChicagoConservative27]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday warned of an “authoritarian expansion of power” by the Supreme Court after it released several controversial opinions in it’s last week of the term.

“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,” Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN’s “State of the Union.’

[ChicagoConservative27]

She never knows when to stop. Embarrassing yourself daily.

[Paladin2]

She’s right. Just read the election case ruling.

[Leaning Right]

> The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power… <

Sigh. There is a check on the Supreme Court’s power. Any Justice can be removed by impeachment in the House, and conviction in the Senate.

But I’m sure AOC doesn’t know that, given that she has probably never read the Constitution.

[Sacajaweau]

All opinions are controversial. That’s why it landed in the Supreme Court.

[G Larry]

“authoritarian expansion of power”

Oh, like:

Tuition loan forgiveness,

Prohibiting the development of our own energy resources,

Ignoring or Sovereign border laws,

Promoting Child Sexual Molestation,

Printing money and distributing it with no accountability,

Backing foreign wars without Congressional approval,.....?

[budj]

"...without any balance on their power..."

Well, they seem to balance your power OK. Try passing laws within the Constitutional limits and you should be OK too.

[Sacajaweau]

There is no check on the USSC. The writers of the Constitution mentions the fact. Read 55 Men and the Constitution by Rodell.

[Sacajaweau]

roe v wade is a good example of the authoritarian expansion.

[OrioleFan]

“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,” Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN’s State of the Union.

Oh, really. I would hope to see a return to a Constitutional Republic.

When the Progressive scum doesn't get their way, they start labeling people they disagree with as Authoritarians. It's all about labels. The O'Biden regime is authoritarian.

[wildcard_redneck]

Telling the feral government that they cannot pick winners and losers by race and creed is not a power grab, it is the essence of freedom.

[God luvs America]

Don’t forget mortgage forgiveness

[Leaning Right]

Any federal official can be impeached. And that includes Supreme Court Justices.

Granted, that’s a very difficult process. So it isn’t much of a check.

[econjack]

...authoritarian expansion of power...

Translation: any decision I disagree with.

[neverevergiveup]

A dangerous misinformed self-righteous ideologue.

Pure democracy is second to totalitarianism in its potential to diminish personal rights, individuality, and the sacred right to self-determinism. She doesn't want ‘checks and balances’. She wants her way, like all liberals.

[SMARTY]

“...authoritarian expansion of power’ in Supreme Court...”??

Huhhhhh....??

[Rurudyne]

She had no problem with the Court running amuck, only with them reversing previous running amuck.

[pepsi_junkie]

“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,”

She's right. The SCOTUS is not elected and the only way to override their rulings is a constitutional amendment which in 2020s USA is impossible. Before we celebrate too hard, remember we sit on a knife edge of being ruled by five leftists if Thomas and Alito were to have some serious health problems, as elderly men do from time to time.

[libertylover]

As usual, she and other Democrats get it exactly backwards.

[Mark17]

AOC is a beyotch.

[PeterPrinciple]

CNN’s “State of the Union.’

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yup