Posted on 06/12/2024 2:38:51 AM PDT by Libloather
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Tuesday said they will be introducing legislation in response to the increased ethics concerns related to the Supreme Court.
Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin, who serve as the ranking and vice-ranking members, respectively, on the House Oversight Committee, were part of a committee roundtable Tuesday regarding these concerns. They explored various “avenues” for holding Supreme Court justices accountable, they told MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes.
“And so, it is not a question…of if Congress has jurisdiction and power over the Supreme Court. It is, what power are we going to exercise in order to rein in a fundamentally unaccountable and rogue court?” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday night.
“Congressman Raskin and myself will be introducing forthcoming legislation to even have the Supreme Court be subject to the same $50 gift rule that he and I are subject to, as everyone else who are members of Congress,” she added later.
The Supreme Court has come under scrutiny over the past year following a series of reports detailing various undisclosed luxury trips, gifts, and questionable extrajudicial activities involving multiple justices. The reports spiked interest in congressional oversight of the justices’ behavior and the gifts they accept.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have repeatedly pushed for legislation to increase oversight of the Supreme Court. This pressure increased last month after reports surfaced about a pair of flags flown over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s homes, including an upside-down American flag over his Alexandria, Va. residence in the days surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, and President Biden’s inauguration.
“It’s the highest court in the land with the lowest ethical standards. These are the only governmental officials in the land who are not governed by a binding ethics code. There’s no process by which we can hold any of them accountable,” Raskin said.
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Electioneering...they can’t find any other issue to whip up enthusiasm in their voters
how about legislation to rein in a rogue attorney General...and president.
Raskin is PURE EVIL!! AOC is just STUPID!
Just because the executive branch has ceded power don’t expect the Supreme Court to roll over so easily.
“Unaccountable”? They are supposed t to be accountable only to impartially interpreting the law. Not to pressure from Congress.
That’s a whole heck of a lot of $50 gifts!
Israel will open arms to any Jew seeking to live in Israel. There is one exception. Raskin.
Pure outright intimidation of SCOTUS.
What an early April Fools joke, These losers really are mentally ill.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47382
If OC is asking, she probably hasn’t read “Congressional Control over the Supreme Court” Updated December 6, 2023
50 pages PDF, summary on first page; specifics by topic on s ubsequent pages
however, speaking of pots and kettles, by broaching ‘ethics’, OC opens a whole #5 can of worms- such as explaining why taxxpayers since 1995 have funded a billion-dollar slush fund to pay hush money on behalf of congresscritters, and which critters.
Or why the dems are opposed to blocking the Justice Dept from requiring defendants in civil or criminal cases to pay out judgement amounts to partisan NGOs instead of into the US govt coffers,
Or why House dems/president are opposing H.R. 4494 (115th): Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act, which addresses the above ethical concerns
I’m more concerned about holding Ratskin & the loudmouth Cortez responsible.
AOC and Raghead Raskin are fundamentally unaccountable and rogue.
Remember we are supposed to compromise with turds like these two. How about a king Solomon style compromise: split them in two.
Pass your law, watch as the court overrules it.
And when the court deems these laws to be unconstitutional, then what?
liberal weenies hate the idea of actually following the Constitution, and they also hate the idea of Making America Great Again.
Totally cool!
Pass the legislation. Let the President sign it. And have the Supreme Court strike it down as unconstitutional.
It will be a wonderful educational opportunity for legislators. A little lesson in the concept of “separation of powers’ as laid out in the US Constitution.
Scratch a liberal, uncover a Fascist. Now they are saying the quiet part out loud.
Squawd on warpath again. Woo Woo Woo!
BTTT
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