Democrats are using the Supreme Court’s decision not to strike down a Texas law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected to push court-packing and the abolition of the Senate filibuster.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, falsely claimed the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, arguing the only solution left to Democrats is to “either abolish the filibuster and expand the court, or do nothing as millions of peoples’ bodies, rights, and lives are sacrificed for far-right minority rule.”
Republicans promised to overturn Roe v Wade, and they have.
Democrats can either abolish the filibuster and expand the court, or do nothing as millions of peoples’ bodies, rights, and lives are sacrificed for far-right minority rule.
This shouldn’t be a difficult decision. https://t.co/GcEjkxt3gs
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 2, 2021
In a 5-4 decision, the court turned down an emergency request to block the Texas law, saying the defendants had not sufficiently proved that they had legal standing to sue in the first place.
The justices specifically said they were not basing their ruling on the constitutionality of the law in question.
Democrats, however, flew into a frenzy.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., another member of Ocasio-Cortez’s leftist “Squad,” claimed the ruling was “what far-right extremism looks like” and endorsed court-packing.
In the span of one week the Supreme Court forced 11 million households to face eviction and effectively overturned Roe v. Wade in the middle of the night.
This is what far-right extremism looks like. We need to expand the court.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) September 2, 2021
Rep. Veronica Jones, D-Texas, claimed the ruling shows the U.S. is “moving backwards when it comes to women’s rights and human rights in our country.”
Roe v. wade is history.
We are literally moving backwards when it comes to women’s rights and human rights in our country.
As of midnight tonight, reproductive rights are no longer available for women in Texas.
More than ever, I believe we must #ExpandTheCourt
— Veronica Escobar (@vgescobar) September 1, 2021
Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., agreed and said there can be “no middle ground” for Democrats.
There is no middle ground when it comes to fundamental rights and liberties. There is only one way to take seriously the threat of the Supreme Court majority and protect millions of Americans. We must #ExpandTheCourt. https://t.co/4CWGQsni2P
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) September 2, 2021
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., suggested the Supreme Court’s ruling was not legitimate because Republicans “stole seats” on the bench.
He re-upped legislation he previously proposed that would add four seats to the court:
This Supreme Court abortion ruling cannot be the last word. Senate Democrats have the power to fix this problem right now by abolishing the filibuster and passing my legislation to expand the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/Z0V2O5h6fQ
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) September 2, 2021
