{"id":1466878,"date":"2022-05-06T15:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1466878"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:44:43","slug":"exclusive-gop-senators-slam-schumer-for-slandering-justices-and-enabling-lefts-authoritarian-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-gop-senators-slam-schumer-for-slandering-justices-and-enabling-lefts-authoritarian-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: GOP Senators Slam Schumer For \u2018Slandering\u2019 Justices And Enabling Left\u2019s \u2018Authoritarian\u2019 Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-gop-senators-slam-schumer-for-slandering-justices-and-enabling-lefts-authoritarian-tactics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1466878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/35B849E6-CF96-405B-B8DC-A07C93325B18.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A trio of Republican senators from the powerful Judiciary Committee is calling on Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to dramatically walk back his rhetoric on the leaked\u00a0<em>Dobbs\u00a0<\/em>opinion, accusing the majority leader of \u201cslander[ing]\u201d Supreme Court justices and enabling \u201cauthoritarian\u201d conduct from Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/573094309\/Blackburn-Cruz-Lee-Letter-to-Leader-Schumer\">letter<\/a> first obtained by The Federalist, Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, directly asked Schumer to condemn threats against justices and \u201crespect\u201d the court\u2019s independence by refraining from intimidation efforts aimed at pressuring the majority into a different ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by The Federalist on Friday whether Schumer condemns the tactics of groups like \u201cRuth Sent Us,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/05\/meet-the-shady-left-wing-group-targeting-scotus-justices-and-their-families\/\">include<\/a> publishing the alleged private addresses of justices and demonstrating outside their homes, the senator\u2019s press secretary did not respond. Schumer\u2019s office also declined to respond when asked whether the leaking of Justice Alito\u2019s draft opinion will subject the judicial process to inappropriate external pressures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn, Lee, and Cruz took particular issue with Schumer\u2019s rapid reaction to the Politico report that included Alito\u2019s February draft of the majority opinion in\u00a0<em>Dobbs<\/em>. \u201cImmediately after this draft was leaked, you attacked the Supreme Court justices from the floor of the Senate, and again from the steps of the U.S. Capitol,\u201d they wrote. \u201cSpecifically, during your May 3, 2022 remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate, you stated, \u2018Several of these \u00a0conservative justices . . . have lied to the U.S. Senate, ripped up the Constitution, and defiled both precedent and the Supreme Court\u2019s reputation.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have serious concerns about your decision to slander our Supreme Court justices in order to achieve your preferred policy results,\u201d said Blackburn, Lee, and Cruz, arguing that Republican-appointed justices who acknowledged\u00a0<em>Roe\u00a0<\/em>as \u201cimportant precedent\u201d in their confirmation hearings did not lie, as Schumer asserted, but demonstrated \u201cneutrality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing\u00a0<em>Brown v. Board\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Loving v. Virginia,\u00a0<\/em>the senators wrote, \u201cThere is no question that you support the Court overturning precedent where the Constitution and principles of stare decisis so require it\u2014you just don\u2019t want the Court to \u00a0overturn the precedents <em>you <\/em>happen to like.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>They also cited Schumer\u2019s statement in March of 2020 that Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch would \u201cpay the price\u201d if they decided a different\u00a0case against the leader\u2019s wishes. \u201cThis kind of inflammatory rhetoric is toxic to our democratic system of government,\u201d the letter argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After celebrating the opinion for returning decisions about abortion back to the states, the letter further cited Schumer\u2019s failure to \u201crenounce\u201d Democrats\u2019 calls for court packing and nuking the filibuster. \u201cMake no mistake: these are tactics of authoritarian leaders. Dictators change the rules and shatter norms when they cannot achieve their political goals through the democratic process,\u201d said the letter.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, the senators called on Schumer \u201cto make very clear to the American people that all threats and intimidation tactics against our Supreme Court justices are abhorrent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe further urge you to pledge that you will respect the independence of the Supreme Court, regardless of how it rules in <em>Dobbs<\/em>, and that you will refrain from trying to exert political pressure to influence the decisions of the Court,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Emily Jashinsky is culture editor at The Federalist and host of Federalist Radio Hour. She previously covered politics as a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the Examiner, Emily was the spokeswoman for Young America\u2019s Foundation. She\u2019s interviewed leading politicians and entertainers and appeared regularly as a guest on major television news programs, including \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d \u201cMedia Buzz,\u201d and \u201cThe McLaughlin Group.\u201d Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Real Clear Politics, and more. Emily also serves as director of the National Journalism Center, host of The Hill\u2019s weekly show \u201cRising Fridays,\u201d and a visiting fellow at Independent Women&#8217;s Forum. Originally from Wisconsin, she is a graduate of George Washington University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of Republican senators from the powerful Judiciary Committee is calling on Sen. 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