Senate Democrats’ unprecedented threat against the Supreme Court

10/23/19
 
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By Marc A. Thiessen,

from The Washington Post,
9/3/19:

In 2017, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused President Trump of showing “a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn’t always bend to his wishes” after Trump criticized a federal judge who ruled against his administration. Senate Democrats, by contrast, have launched an unprecedented attempt to actually bend the Supreme Court to their wishes — threatening to restructure the court if the justices do not rule as they see fit.

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