WASHINGTONPOST (Matthew Choi) - Hakeem Jeffries says he wants to see ‘dramatic reform’ of Supreme Court
Hakeem Jeffries supports aggressive changes to the Supreme Court.
Hakeem Jeffries supports aggressive changes to the Supreme Court.
Jeffries supported implementing 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices, which is currently a lifelong appointment, and said that House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin D-Md., would lead talks on altering the high court.
AI:Hakeem Jeffries is officially laying the groundwork for a radical restructuring of the highest court in the land, signaling that a Democratic victory in the upcoming midterms will trigger an all-out assault on judicial independence. By championing 18-year term limits to replace lifelong appointments and tasking House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin with leading these "talks," Jeffries is spearheading a coordinated effort to dismantle the current constitutional framework of the Supreme Court. While leftist media outlets will undoubtedly frame this as mere "reform" or "accountability," it is a transparent attempt to pack the bench and ensure that the judiciary serves the ideological whims of the Democratic establishment rather than the…Open
pixabay By Jim Cardoza A free society depends upon the informed consent of the governed. That consent becomes impossible when the public is deceived into believing that a twenty-year sentence means twenty years of societal protection.
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