{"id":408760,"date":"2021-04-10T22:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T02:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=408760"},"modified":"2021-04-10T22:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T02:36:59","slug":"republicans-decry-bidens-court-packing-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-decry-bidens-court-packing-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans decry Biden\u2019s court packing commission"},"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\">12<\/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%2Frepublicans-decry-bidens-court-packing-commission%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=408760&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_2396585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2396585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCTOBER 12: Sen. Ben Sasse spoke in the Hart Senate Office Building on October 12, 2020 in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 (Erin Schaff-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 7:30 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, April 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republicans are holding Joe Biden\u2019s feet to the fire for potentially keeping a campaign promise to the progressive wing of the Democrat Party.<\/p>\n<p>This came after Biden recently signed an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The commission is designed to look into public calls to pack the court with liberal justices, and evaluate the role of the Supreme Court in American society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about gaining power at all costs. That\u2019s not what America is about. That\u2019s not what America was founded on. That\u2019s not what the men and woman who served with me, who didn\u2019t come back gave their lives for, and those who came back with the wounds of war, that\u2019s not what I put my life on the line for,\u201d former Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2396586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2396586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1336.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1336.jpeg 605w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1024921794-291x210.jpg 291w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1024921794-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1024921794.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"TEMPE, AZ - AUGUST 28: U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) speaks during her primary election night gathering at Culinary Drop Out at The Yard on August 28, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. U.S. Rep. Martha McSally won the Arizona GOP senate primary. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" width=\"605\" height=\"437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2396586\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2396586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEMPE, AZ \u2013 AUGUST 28: Martha McSally spoke during her primary election night gathering at Culinary Drop Out at The Yard on August 28, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona.\u00a0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAmericans want stability right now, they want to be able to trust their institutions more, not less. And they don\u2019t want politicians who are on power grabs to somehow get their way,\u201d McSally added. \u201cThe founding fathers were very clear about its role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have taken to social media to air out their grievances with the move, with some calling it destructive to the American judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said radical leftists are lashing out because they are not getting their way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here we go again! When radical leftists don&#8217;t get their way, they take unprecedented steps &amp; call for\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Abolishing the Electoral College<br \/>\n\u2013 Eliminating the Filibuster<br \/>\n\u2013 Packing the Court<\/p>\n<p>Biden reportedly announcing a &#8220;court packing commission!&#8221; On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutnumberedFNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OutnumberedFNC<\/a> at noon!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayleighmcenany\/status\/1380548901749583873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the commission is \u201cundemocratic, divisive, and brainless.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Court packing is undemocratic, divisive, and brainless.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t take it from me, take it from Joe Biden who once called it a &#8220;bonehead idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1380580592681684993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned that packing the court would be a direct assault on the nation\u2019s independent judiciary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said the policy goes against the wishes of Democrat appointed justices, including Stephen Breyer and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers, including Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), believe the executive order is an empty gesture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to have judges that are just super legislators, then they shouldn\u2019t have lifetime tenure, they should have to stand for election because it\u2019s the only way the American people could have accountability over them,\u201d Sasse stated.<\/p>\n<p>The senator stressed Biden doesn\u2019t even have enough support from Democrat lawmakers to expand the size of the court.<\/p>\n<p>Political experts sounded off a similar tune, referring to earlier attempts to pack the court from former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<p>FDR failed to expand the number of justices, because lawmakers in his own party knew it would diminish checks on his power.<\/p>\n<p>These experts are holding out hope that today\u2019s lawmakers hold a similar view on the judiciary.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trump-did-not-profit-from-market-boom-he-created\/\">President Trump Did Not Profit From Market Boom He Created<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCTOBER 12: Sen. 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