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Certa Bonum Certamen
AOC Makes Mind-Numbing Claim About 'Constitutional Duty' of Congress to 'Rein' in SCOTUS
By Mike Miller | Jul 01, 2022 11:00 AM ET
Ronald Reagan famously said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” In the case of Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), I have serious doubts about the first part of the Gipper’s quote, particularly when AOC gets way out over her skis on the U.S. Constitution. And the best part of all? She goes about it as arrogantly and defiantly as she can.
Our story begins on Thursday, as reported by RedState, with AOC declaring, in reference to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a 2020 election-related case, “We are witnessing a judicial coup in process.” Then, in typical
Melodramatic, much?
Then, things got really stupid. Emphasis, mine:
Analysis: No, nonsense, no, no, oh hell no, damn — what is wrong with you?
32 second run time - (My note: Notice the black banner on her bookshelf; "No one wins unless everybody wins."
Far be it from your humble conservative political pundit to challenge the constitutional chops of the erstwhile bartender, but I am going to do exactly that — via the official Supreme Court website.
Any questions, Alex? Now, let’s do the role of the House of Representatives, shall we?
Memo to AOC: So [pundit checks notes] I don’t see anything in the above federal government description of the House [nor that of the Senate] where it says “constitutional duty” to “rein in the Supreme Court.”
While it’s true that a Supreme Court justice can be impeached by Congress — with a simple-majority vote in the House and a two-thirds vote in the Senate — it hasn’t happened since 1805. More importantly, contrary to the message AOC and her butthurt Democrat colleagues continue to send, impeachment should not be used to punish justices for their rulings, as explained by the Brennan Center for Justice.
“Historical practice suggests a strong tradition against impeaching judges for judicial rulings,” noted the Brennan Center, citing late-Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Rehnquist wrote a book examining the history of judicial impeachment, in which he noted that early historical uses of the impeachment power established a norm that “judicial acts — their rulings from the bench — would not be a basis for removal from office by impeachment and conviction.”
Then again, I’m sure Rehnquist also lacked the constitutional chops of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The bottom line:
Again, as I’ve noted many times, the hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds. I’ll give you two perfect examples.
First, the overturn of Roe v. Wade. If SCOTUS had upheld Roe, would AOC, the entire Democrat Party, and liberal media sock puppets have been histrionically whining about the “delegitimized” court failing to do its “constitutional duty” by refusing to protect babies killed by on-demand abortion until birth? The same party that obscenely claims to be the party that protects America’s children? Please.
Second, the 2016 presidential election, which Hillary is still whining about. If the results of the election had been reversed, with Trump winning the popular vote and Hillary winning the Electoral College vote, would the Democrats and their sock puppets in the state media have called for the dissolution of the Electoral College? Another rhetorical question, of course.
When the Democrat Party fails to get its way, its first inclination is to cheat. (See: 2016 election.) When cheating is insufficient, Democrats fight to change the rules. (See: the Electoral College, Packing the Supreme Court.)
Meanwhile, Democrats thankfully have Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to whom they can turn for incisive insight and solutions to all things about which she (and they) remains clueless.
