{"id":1551464,"date":"2022-07-13T02:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551464"},"modified":"2022-07-13T02:49:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:49:26","slug":"poll-most-democrats-favor-packing-or-abolishing-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-most-democrats-favor-packing-or-abolishing-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Most Democrats favor packing or abolishing the Supreme Court"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpoll-most-democrats-favor-packing-or-abolishing-the-supreme-court%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=1551464&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--><p>Most Democrats would abolish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-supreme-court\">Supreme Court<\/a>, an institution they described as \u201cfundamentally racist\u201d and \u201cfundamentally sexist\u201d in a new national poll.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 anger at the court has grown dramatically in recent weeks after a leaked court opinion indicated the court majority was planning on overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 abortion precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been incensed by its perceived rightward shift since former President Donald Trump\u2019s appointment of three justices gave conservatives a 6-3 advantage over the court\u2019s liberal bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Recent decisions on abortion, public carry of firearms, and reining in carbon dioxide emission regulations, set the stage for raucous protests nationwide, including at justices\u2019 homes. Justices and their families have been threatened and harassed and one man was charged after he plotted to assassinate a justice. Some Democrats have been supportive of a left-wing group that, as The Epoch Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/unruly-protesters-hound-justice-kavanaugh-from-dc-steakhouse_4586888.html\">reported<\/a>, is offering bounties to the public to report the whereabouts of conservative justices so flash mobs can harass them.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Reimagine\u2019 the Supreme Court <\/p>\n<p>Calls to pack the court, expanding its membership to 13 from 9 where it has been since 1869, and to abolish the Senate filibuster to facilitate the packing, have grown among Democrats. Some Democrats say conservative justices should be prosecuted for perjury or impeached after allegedly implying during their confirmation hearings that they would not overturn Roe v. Wade, something the court did in fact do on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is absolutely a movement afoot, principally among leftists and America\u2019s youth, who desire to \u2018reimagine\u2019 the Supreme Court so that it will become nothing more than a rubber stamp for their radical agenda,\u201d Chris Talgo, a senior editor at the conservative Arlington Heights, Illinois-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-heartland-institute\">Heartland Institute<\/a>, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartland.org\/news-opinion\/news\/heartlandrasmussen-poll-majority-of-democrats-would-abolish-supreme-court-call-it-racist-and-sexist\">The poll<\/a>, carried out by the Heartland Institute and polling firm Rasmussen Reports on July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Democrats would abolish the Supreme Court, an institution they described as \u201cfundamentally racist\u201d and \u201cfundamentally sexist\u201d in a new national poll. Democrats\u2019 anger at the court has grown dramatically in recent weeks after a leaked court opinion indicated the court majority was planning on overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 abortion precedent. 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