{"id":404889,"date":"2021-04-09T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T23:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=404889"},"modified":"2021-04-09T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T23:58:33","slug":"mcconnell-calls-out-white-house-for-subverting-independence-of-judiciary-with-commission-to-study-supreme-court-packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-calls-out-white-house-for-subverting-independence-of-judiciary-with-commission-to-study-supreme-court-packing\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell calls out White House for \u2018subverting independence\u2019 of judiciary with commission to study Supreme Court packing"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fmcconnell-calls-out-white-house-for-subverting-independence-of-judiciary-with-commission-to-study-supreme-court-packing%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=404889&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 id=\"attachment_2396436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2396436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCTOBER 06: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol October 06, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:50 PM PT \u2013 Friday, April 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the White House is directly assaulting the nation\u2019s independent judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy statement on Friday, McConnell slammed Democrats\u2019 decision to form a commission to study packing the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This new court-packing commission is not some serious pivot away from Democrats\u2019 political attacks on the Court. It\u2019s just an attempt to clothe those attacks in fake legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>My full statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qX639r68M3\">pic.twitter.com\/qX639r68M3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1380632649660829696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell said it\u2019s another sign of the far-left\u2019s influence over the Biden administration. He also asserted the move goes against a warning by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg not to expand the number of seats on the high court.<\/p>\n<p>The senator accused Democrats of politicizing the court and attacking norms and institutions, rather than working with them.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dam-safety-advocates-say-biden-infrastructure-plan-is-no-help\/\">Dam Safety Advocates Say Biden Infrastructure Plan Is No Help<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCTOBER 06: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol October 06, 2018 in Washington, D.C. 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