Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently appeared on MSNBC’s “All In” to express her insane concerns about the lack of accountability and consequences for ethical breaches within the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). She argued that the court’s current stance, particularly that of Justice Alito, is “laughable” and “completely unacceptable.”
Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the dangers of allowing any of the coequal branches of government to operate without accountability to the others. “It is paving the path to authoritarianism, tyranny, the abuse of power in the United States,” she warned.
The congresswoman criticized the notion that the Supreme Court should only be accountable to itself, likening it to a “scout’s promise” approach to ethics standards for one of the most consequential courts in the country. She stressed that such a system is “structurally, completely unsustainable.”
Ocasio-Cortez called for Congress to exercise its power and jurisdiction over the Supreme Court to address what she sees as a “fundamentally unaccountable and rogue court.” She questioned not whether Congress has the authority to do so, but rather what specific actions should be taken to rein in the court’s power.
The congresswoman’s comments come amid ongoing attacks by Democrats in a bias attempt to subvert the Supreme Court. Ocasio-Cortez’s warnings about the potential for authoritarianism and tyranny if the court remains unchecked are likely to resonate with those who share her leftist point of view and who want the justices to rule on cases without any regard for the actual Constitution of the United States.