US supreme court in 'crisis of legitimacy' says AOC at House oversight round table

[ck4829]

The US supreme court has been “captured and corrupted by money and extremism”, provoking a “crisis of legitimacy” that threatens the stability of US democracy, warned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Speaking during a round table on Capitol Hill, the New York Democratic representative accused the court of “delegitimizing itself through its conduct”.

“A group of anti-democratic billionaires with their own ideological and economic agenda has been working one of the three co-equal branches of government,” she said.

Sustained scrutiny of the justices prompted the court to adopt its first code of ethics last year, but it lacks any form of enforcement. Meanwhile, public confidence in the court has plummeted to near historic lows.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jun/11/us-supreme-court-ethics-democrats-hearing

In before "Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it"

[bucolic_frolic]

1. We have little power over this, it's popular, and we've nothing to lose

so go after it!

[SWBTATTReg]

2. What really worries me is that they'll file 'fake cases' to simply get the attention of the Supreme Court (which

is why so many cases originate in one or so jurisdictions, so as to predispose the case(s) towards the outcome they want).

Kind of unfair to me (and perhaps others too here).

It isn't the way the Courts are supposed to work. Before long, the Supreme Court will manufacture its own suite of cases and doctor those cases for the expected results that they want. It wouldn't surprise me on bit.

[mopinko]

5. they're already doing that.

that web designer didnt even make wedding pages. she just testified that she might some day.
she claimed some guy had asked, and he turned out to b married to a woman and had a couple kids.

the whole pill case was made up out of whole cloth.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Thanks for pointing this out, I do remember this case. A 'case' that wasn't even a case yet. Thanks again.

[Ponietz]

3. Citizens United was a fatal wound

[mopinko]

8. i wonder if the producers of the apprentice movie will have to sue.

bwahahaha. nah, it’s true. it will find a way to get out. only liars need to sue to get their movie shown.

[republianmushroom]

4. Sure does seem like.

Thank you AOC

[mopinko]

6. 2nd term, ppl. not 50+1. all 50 states.

wash those fuckers out into the deep, deep sea.

[MOMFUDSKI]

9. They don't care. They have all the power

now.