Over the weekend, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that President Joe Biden remains opposed to the idea of court-packing following the United States Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion.
“So, I know I’ve I was asked this question yesterday, and I’ve been asked it before – and I think the president himself about expanding the court,” Jean-Pierre said. “That is something that the president does not agree with. That is not something that he wants to do.”
This sober approach to the court puts the president at odds with many leaders in his party, who have taken to absurdly strident rhetoric attacking the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
“This court has lost legitimacy,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on ABC News. “They have burned whatever legitimacy they may still have had after their gun decision, after their voting decision, after their union decision and that means we need more justices on the United States Supreme Court.”
This rhetoric echoed that of Warren’s fellow Sen. Ed Markey, who tweeted, “Again, I ask my colleagues in the Senate what other judicial outrage must we endure from the illegitimate, far-right majority on the Supreme Court before we act? Fight back and expand the Court now.”