Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested over the weekend that there are no checks on the U.S. Supreme Court and that there was nothing balancing out their power, despite the fact that those things exist.

The executive branch nominates justices to the Court and Congress has to approve those Justices and can even impeach them if necessary.

AOC made the remarks during a CNN interview on Sunday with host Dana Bash when asked about President Joe Biden saying last week that he opposes expanding the Court because “if we start the process of trying to expand the court, we’re going to politicize it maybe forever in a way that is not healthy.”

AOC said that she “truly” believes justices should have their power limited, even though no federal official has unlimited power.

“The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to see an undemocratic and, frankly, dangerous authoritarian expansion of power in the Supreme Court, which is what we are seeing now, from the overturning of abortion rights, to the ruling that discrimination and, frankly, stripping the full personhood and dignity of LGBTQ people in the United States,” she claimed.

“These are the types of rulings that signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power in the court,” she claimed. “In fact, we have members of the court themselves, with Justice Elena Kagan, saying that the court is beginning to assume the power of a legislature.”

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AOC: "The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to see an undemocratic and frankly dangerous authoritarian expansion of power in the Supreme Court, which is what we are seeing now." pic.twitter.com/pndYqziZHk

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DANA BASH: Congresswoman, you have called on President Biden to expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices.

But even after Roe was overruled last year and this past week, what we saw with affirmative action and other cases, I want you to listen to what President Biden said. He just said this on Thursday on MSNBC.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BIDEN: I think, if we start the process of trying to expand the court, we’re going to politicize it maybe forever in a way that is not healthy.

NICOLLE WALLACE, MSNBC HOST: That you can’t get back?

BIDEN: That I can’t get back.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BASH: I’d like you to respond to that.

And, also, you mentioned a moment ago judicial review. Are you also saying that the justices’ power should somehow be limited?

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: I truly do. And this is not a new development in history. This is part of our system of checks and balances.

The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to see an undemocratic and, frankly, dangerous authoritarian expansion of power in the Supreme Court, which is what we are seeing now, from the overturning of abortion rights, to the ruling that discrimination and, frankly, stripping the full personhood and dignity of LGBTQ people in the United States.

This is — these are the types of rulings that signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power in the court. In fact, we have members of the court themselves, with Justice Elena Kagan, saying that the court is beginning to assume the power of a legislature.

BASH: Congresswoman…

OCASIO-CORTEZ: And, right now, whether it is expansion of the court…

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attacked the Christian web designer who the Supreme Court sided with last week in striking down a Colorado law that would have required her to design a website for a same-sex wedding.

In a 6-3 decision in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the Court cited the First Amendment in ruling that Lorie Smith could not be forced by state civil rights law to design websites that run counter to her sincerely-held religious beliefs.

Buttigieg made the remarks during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Dana Bash when asked if there was any merit to the majority opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch.

“No, there isn’t,” Buttigieg, who has no background or education in law, claimed. “And I think it’s very revealing that there’s no evidence that this web designer was ever even approached by anyone asking for a Web site for a same-sex wedding.”

“Matter of fact, it appears this Web designer only went into the wedding business for the purpose of provoking a case like this,” he claimed. “And, in that sense, I think there’s something in common between this Supreme Court ruling and what we’re seeing happening in state legislatures across the country, which is kind of a solution looking for problem, in other words, sending these kinds of things to the courts and sending these kinds of things to state legislatures for the clear purpose of chipping away at the equality and the rights that have so recently been won in the LGBTQ+ community.”

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When asked for his thoughts on SCOTUS decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, Pete Buttigieg claims without evidence that Lorie Smith "only went into the wedding business for the purpose of provoking a case like this." pic.twitter.com/Ln6KTqsfbe

— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) July 2, 2023