Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has lost faith in a “rogue” Supreme Court as ethics disputes fuel debate and Democrats push for a conservative majority ahead of November’s presidential election election issues.
“Do you have confidence in the Supreme Court?” CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Pelosi on Monday, a day before the court’s controversial Dobbs v. Jackson overturn of Roe v. Wade decision on the second anniversary.
“No, I think they’ve gone rogue. That’s most unfortunate,” she replied. “But unfortunately, seeing further… what happened to the Chief Justice [John Roberts]? Has he gone soft or gone rogue? I have no idea.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol. (Getty Images)
Democrats have focused on the abortion issue in recent years, working to rally pro-choice supporters to the ballot box to protect their interests.
With the 2024 presidential election just months away, they are redoubling their efforts to codify abortion rights and point to Trump’s appointment of conservative judges as a decisive factor in the Dobbs case.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Atlanta last week to urgently warn Democrats about reproductive rights, as the Biden-Harris campaign announced plans to host more than 50 events across the country to mark the anniversary of the decision to overturn the federal Constitution. Everything is at stake.” Abortion rights, according to the Associated Press.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a First in the Nation campaign rally at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on February 2, 2024. Harris is one of many Democrats who have spoken out against Republicans seeking to restrict abortion. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“I respect them,” Pelosi told Cooper on the topic. [the Supreme Court’s] point of view. If they have an opinion about a woman’s right to choose, fine, but that’s not their job – to advocate for a point of view. Run for Congress.
“They’re here to uphold the Constitution of the United States,” she said, according to The Daily Beast.
Democrats, meanwhile, have raised concerns about undisclosed luxury trips taken by conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, respectively, as well as other ethics issues.
Those concerns have fueled calls for the high court to create an ethics code, a move that has faced fierce opposition from Republicans.
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“This is an overreach of the Constitution. They’re trying to micromanage the Roberts Court. They’re trying to destroy Alito and Thomas because they don’t like the fact that they’re conservative judges,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said of the incident.
Senate Republicans ultimately blocked the bill, which would have changed the financial disclosure requirements, ethics standards and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court justices, According to a summary of the bill.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
