Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) insists the Supreme Court needs limits on its power as she claimed it is creeping toward authoritarianism.
During an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, the New York congresswoman discussed a trio of decisions the court made last month.
Bash asked, “Are you also saying that the justice’s power should somehow be limited?”
“I truly do,” Ocasio-Cortez responded.
She elaborated:
“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, which is what we are seeing now from the overturning of abortion rights to the ruling that discrimination and, frankly, stripping the full personhood and dignity of LGBTQ people in the United States [sic].”
Ocasio-Cortez added, “These are the types of rulings that signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power in the court.”
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Her comments come after the Supreme Court handed down three rulings that drew the ire of liberals.
The court implemented new restrictions on affirmative action programs and consideration of race for college admissions. As ABC News notes, “The Supreme Court ruling appears to preserve some consideration of race in a narrowly tailored way, such as through an individual applicant’s essay or narrative.”
“But it leaves many unknowns about how exactly issues of race raised in student essays be factored into decisions and whether schools can extend minority-focused scholarships and recruitment programs,” it added.
Additionally, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado web designer who argued the First Amendment allowed her to decline to make a same-sex couple’s wedding announcement.
The court also blocked President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan.