Share
Commentary

Red State AGs Hit Back at Dems' Attempt to Pack Supreme Court

Share

Republican attorneys general across the country are pushing back against an effort by Democrats to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices.

Interviews conducted by Breitbart News determined the idea is widely unpopular among the conservative officials.

“This is an effort for the Democrats to try to add numbers to the Court to be able to validate the most liberal agenda that we’ve seen out of Congress in clearly my lifetime,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told the outlet.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt warned expanding the court is a slippery slope, as there is no constitutional amendment clarifying how many justices should serve on the court.

“There’s no limiting principle,” he said. “If they want 13, what’s to prevent it from being 20? Or 75? This has harmful effects for the long-term for our country.”

Trending:
Federal Judge Has Bad News for Hunter Biden, Says There's Zero Evidence His Charges Are Politically Motivated

Attorneys General Dave Yost of Ohio and Leslie Rutledge of Arkansas agreed.

“We go from nine to 13,” Yost said. “What do we do when the Republicans get it? We’ll go to 17? And we just keep going back and forth until the Supreme Court’s bigger than Congress? It’s an insane battle to start.”

“When does it stop?” Rutledge added.

Lead by Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, the Judiciary Act of 2021 was introduced to fundamentally change the highest court in the United States.

Do you support expanding the Supreme Court?

The number of justices on the court has not been changed since 1869, and this push in particular is viewed as a political power grab to override the current conservative majority.

While introducing the legislation, Markey referred to former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court appointments as “illegitimate” and claimed the justices’ decisions will have damning consequences for the United States.

“This court is a 6-3 court because of illegitimate actions taken by a Republican United States Senate and a Republican President,” Markey said.

“The harm that that court is going to be able to do across a whole range of issues — voting rights, a woman’s right to chose, environmental issues, issue after issue, are now in jeopardy.”

Related:
Libs So Convinced Trump Will Win That They're Trying to Boot Sotomayor Before Election

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is often vocal when it comes to national politics, tweeted his disagreement with the proposal.

“Today, Dems intro’d the Judiciary Act of 2021, which would expand the size of the SCOTUS,” Paxton said. “This will sail through the House & head the Senate where Dems will try to break the filibuster & pack the court. This is a naked left-wing power-grab of our country.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she will not put the controversial legislation up for a vote in the House.

Pelosi is aware her party is expected to lose the House in 2022, and ramming controversial legislation like this through Congress would be a surefire way to solidify that possibility.

Truth and Accuracy

Submit a Correction →



We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.

Tags:
, , , , , ,
Share
Cameron Arcand is a former writer for The Western Journal.
Cameron Arcand is a political commentator based in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2017 as a school project, he founded YoungNotStupid.com, which has grown exponentially since its founding. He has interviewed several notable conservative figures, including Dave Rubin, Peggy Grande and Madison Cawthorn.

In September 2020, Cameron joined The Western Journal as a Commentary Writer, where he has written articles on topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the "Recall Gavin Newsom" effort and the 2020 election aftermath. The "Young Not Stupid" column launched at The Western Journal in January 2021, making Cameron one of the youngest columnists for a national news outlet in the United States. He has appeared on One America News and Fox 5 DC. He has been a Young America's Foundation member since 2019.
Location
Phoenix
Languages Spoken
English




Conversation