Pelosi Calls Amy Coney Barrett an 'Illegitimate Supreme Court Justice'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called newly confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett “an illegitimate Supreme Court justice.”

“The president is installing an illegitimate Supreme Court justice just one week before the election,” Pelosi said during an Election Day news conference with the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Illinois congresswoman Cheri Bustos.

Pelosi claimed that Barrett will vote to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and noted that the judge declined to say whether she thought Medicare was constitutional during her confirmation hearings last month.

The Senate confirmed Barrett to the Supreme Court in a 52-to-48 vote last week, giving conservatives a 6-to-3 majority on the court. Senator Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican to vote against Barrett’s confirmation.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-calls-amy-coney-barrett-an-illegitimate-supreme-court-justice/ar-BB1aESBb?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

[BSdetect]

1. Do not hold back. Call her out.

[Kingofalldems]

3. If they find out she perjured herself she should be impeached.

[roscoeroscoe]

19. Barrett, Thomas, Kavanaugh...

Perjury, perjury, perjury!

[BSdetect]

2. Do not hold back. Call her out.

[Budi]

4. Thanks Speaker Pelosi.

[dawg]

5. That's strong.

[Hortensis]

6. Good! Hope this is an auger for the future. Since Republican senators

refused to conduct legitimate "job interviews" for all 3 of the last nominees, allowing them all to refuse to answer many questions, hiding information about them to keep it from being brought out, and even allowing lies under oath in some cases, their confirmations are all illegitimate for that reason alone.

And then there are so many others, like what Pelosi is pointing out.

[procon]

7. She went there. Good on her!

Someone needed to speak the truth.

[Cha]

8. Mahalo Nancy Pelosi!

[ecstatic]

9. I love it! She's completely out of f*cks

And is calling it exactly how she sees it.

Oh, and pack'em baby! I'm thinking 21 seats sounds about right. Lol!

[marybourg]

10. Making her the second illegitimate tRump justice

[CrispyQ]

11. I would call Gorsuch illegitimate, too. -nt

[brush]

13. While we're at it, Kavanaugh too.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Something's wrong with Justus Beer Bong Weenie Waver?!? You're gonna make him cry!

[lunatica]

39. LOL!

Beer Bong Weenie Waver!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

43. Stinky The Clown dubbed him thus ...

About impeaching Justice Beer Bong Weenie Waver
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212466681

(Just noticed: The "66681" at the end of that link seem appropriate -- that's when the demons behind Rotten Ronnie began this era of assault on government, courts, and voters. )

[NYC Liberal]

22. Trump himself is illegitimate.

Everything he's done since 1/20/2017 is illegitimate.

[brush]

24. Yes. Russian and repug skullduggery is what got him in.

And that fat fuck royally screwed up everything. Everything.

[SheltieLover]

12. Go NANCY!

That weird woman repukes pushed through belongs in a padded cell, not on ANY judicial bench!

[pandr32]

14. Glad to hear this

Pelosi doesn't make slips. She is signaling position and I interpret it as meaning we will challenge the legitimacy of Barrett's appointment in order to toss her ass out.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Either that or hinting toward expanding/rebalancing the courts

Nancy knows EXACTLY what she wants to communicate.

[pandr32]

26. Exactly right!

[lunatica]

40. You're right.

Nancy always talks deliberately and with forethought. Always.

[pandr32]

44. Always!

I am starting to believe it is all going to be okay. Our team's got this.

[The Magistrate]

16. Madame Speaker Is Correct, Sir

I recommend repeated impeachments, one after another, over trifles, with the Senate requiring attendance of the impeached, till the message is got across and a resignation tendered. There is no bar to this, it is quite permissible under the Constitution.


"What is not forbidden is required."

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. "sole power of impeachment" is a formidable tool

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei#section1

Speaker Pelosi may be signalling her willingness to put that tool to use removing some wingnuts.

[Greybnk48]

18. Go Nancy Go!

We need to stand up to what McConnell did this time! Throw her off the court.

[ancianita]

21. Something is definitely up with this pronouncement.

[NYC Liberal]

23. Yep. She doesn't say things like this unless there's more to it.

She definitely made some statements last year before the impeachment inquiry that in hindsight were hints of what was coming.

[ancianita]

27. Exactly. She could well be framing the need for judicial reform (SCOTUS expansion) in advance,

and on the premise that if Democrats win a majority in the Senate, that judicial reform will be the work of Congress if Joe wins. I hope she makes it the first order of business. Because nothing else Democrats do will get cooperation unless Republicans know they haven't any recourse with a newly expanded SCOTUS.

It's my hope that Republicans' penchant for political drama will damp down with the knowledge that they AND their owner/donors can't fight the Democratic legislative agenda, but one never knows with those captured corporatist jackals.

[NYC Liberal]

33. First order of business should be nuking the filibuster. Then SCOTUS reform can be done.

[ancianita]

34. Long as we're talking orders of business, sure. Hell yeah!

I've had passing experience with House rules, and it shows.

[LiberalLovinLug]

29. Floating a trial balloon

See what kind of reaction she gets.

That will determine the next step

[world wide wally]

25. She will be the scourge of the nation until she is put in check.

Nothing worse than a holier than thou ultraconservative

[demtenjeep]

28. all 3 of dumpts SC picks are illegitimate

he should never have been allowed them

[jcgoldie]

30. Nancy doesn't use words by accident

That statement is a preview of coming attractions.

[calimary]

49. We should show support! Call YOUR Congressmember and

Tell him or her that Nancy’s right, that you agree, and that he or she should stand with our Speaker!

[Joinfortmill]

31. YES!

[Aviation Pro]

32. If that isn't a signal to Justice Handmaiden's eventual impeachment....

...Don't fuck with Speaker Pelosi.

[ancianita]

36. Just in time for a newly seated Democratic Senate majority.

I can't wait.

[Loge23]

35. 100% accurate. (eom)

[bucolic_frolic]

37. NOTHING is happening by chance today

There was a headline this AM, suddenly, that 10 Republican Senate seats are in doubt. First time I heard the MSM report it.

Pelosi here is using a term Schumer has used on Twitter for weeks: illegitimate.

I almost feel like the whole structure of our society is closing ranks, and that Donald Trump, and the Republican Senate that failed to convict and remove him, are being set up as

THE LAST TO FIND OUT!

Kick it in high gear folks. This is historic stuff that will strengthen the USA. This is the windup of 40 years of lies sold as greed is good and pass us the money, all the while taking it from working people. We've had all we're gonna take.

[JudyM]

50. If only.

[Hekate]

38. Well done, Mme Speaker. This must be a historical first. nt

[NoRoadUntravelled]

41. I'm so grateful that Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House. I can't imagine what the last

almost four years would have been like without her.

[Harker]

42. Yes.

There's work to be done!

[paleotn]

45. Illegitimate and grossly unqualified.

[bucolic_frolic]

46. What is she angling at?

If the whole election is headed to the SCOTUS, could illegitimacy surface and result in spontaneous impeachment? Play this game like Mitch - he did.

[azureblue]

47. a question for Amy on the ACA

Amy, please quote Matthew 25: 31- 46 to the court. Note the Bible says these are the words of Jesus telling his followers - Christians- to take care of the sick, the poor, etc. under punishment of eternal hell. Now please explain how you, as a Christian will use the teachings of your Lord and Savior, when you rule on the ACA? Will you strike down the ACA, and condemn yourself to hell? Will you affirm the ACA and prove you are a true Christian and not one who just likes the name but refuses to do what Jesus commands?

[yuiyoshida]

48. ilegitimate and NUTS

N/t