f{"id":26086,"date":"2023-04-22T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26086"},"modified":"2023-04-22T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T19:04:12","slug":"ocasio-cortez-rebukes-alito-tantrum-and-highly-politicized-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/22\/ocasio-cortez-rebukes-alito-tantrum-and-highly-politicized-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Alito ‘Tantrum’ and ‘Highly Politicized’ Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court’s budget during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee March 07, 2019 in Washington, DC. Members of the subcommittee asked the justices about court security,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

televising oral arguments and codes of ethics for the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In our system of checks and balances, SCOTUS\u2019s reckless behavior warrants a check from the legislative and executive branches. This is not unprecedented, it’s how our system is designed to avert tyranny.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JON QUEALLY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr 22, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> accused U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito of throwing a ‘tantrum’ in his written dissent to Friday night’s ruling over the abortion medication mifepristone and said the Court’s right-wing majority has become an ideological political force that must be checked by the two other branches of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backed only by Justice Clarence Thomas, Alito’s dissent evoked the charge that President Joe Biden may not have honored a ruling by the court that was unfavorable to the administration’s position. As it was, the Court decided<\/a> by a 7-2 margin to maintain availability of the widely-used medication, a relief\u2014even if temporary<\/a>\u2014for reproductive rights defenders nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After one legal expert called the portion of Alito’s dissent challenging the hypothetical actions of Biden “unwarranted and completely unbefitting a Supreme Court Justice,” Ocasio-Cortez chimed in to say that the administration, had it been necessary, would have been right to have the FDA ignore a Court ruling that barred access to a legitimately approved drug used safely by millions each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The court,” said Ocasio-Cortez, “has devolved into a highly politicized entity that is rapidly delegitimizing. Open discussion of checking the court’s abuse of power and defying Kacsmaryk possibly contributed to pause\/consideration.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another perspective: despite Alito\u2019s tantrum, this is a good thing.

The court has devolved into a highly politicized entity that is rapidly delegitimizing. Open discussion of checking the court\u2019s abuse of power & defying Kacsmaryk possibly contributed to pause\/consideration https:\/\/t.co\/T9I29rll5k<\/a><\/p>— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>