October 12, 2024
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A world in which Harvard’s Bowie and Vermeule successfully disempower the Supreme Court and the constitutional restraints it places upon government is one in which they and their opposing factions war for absolute power to impose their visions of how all Americans should live.

Joe Biden can’t handle Supreme Court frustrating his quest for absolute power

The court, though imperfect, keeps fanatics of both sides from dictating how all Americans should live

On Saturday, President Joe Biden attacked the Supreme Court of the United States. On Sunday, he was joined by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who got downright nasty about two of the justices. Their words followed those of critics, who tried to turn Justice Samuel Alito’s religious beliefs and his wife’s flag-flying habits into a scandal — after making an issue of Justice Clarence Thomas’s friendship with a wealthy supporter of conservative causes. It almost seems like a concerted attack on the Supreme Court. Because it is.
“Look, the fact of the matter is that this has never been a court that’s been this far out of step,” Biden insisted at a June 15 Los Angeles campaign fundraiser. There, he voiced grievances with justices who have voided executive actions and ruled against his policy preferences.

The next day, Murphy told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “There’s a crisis on the court, in particular with respect to Justice Alito and Justice Thomas. What Justice Thomas is engaged in is just a grift, right? He’s got a major political player on the outside who absolutely has political and business interests at the court paying off a justice. Justice Alito is openly displaying affiliation with political causes in public.”

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