Mitch McConnell's Angry Op-Ed About The Supreme Court Leaves Out A Key Detail
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote a scathing opinion article for Thursday’s Washington Post, lambasting any potential effort by Democrats to modify the U.S. Supreme Court by adding new seats or adjusting the body’s lifetime appointments, but he left out key moments of his own political history.
“Judicial independence is as fragile as it is important. The Framers of our Constitution took great pains to protect it,” the senator wrote, demanding that Democrats “leave the Supreme Court alone.” “Every single American deserves every possible guarantee that they will receive impartial justice. It would be beyond reckless for Democrats to smash this centuries-old safeguard in a fit of partisan pique.”
The piece left out any mention of McConnell’s own dramatic and unprecedented efforts to reshape not just the Supreme Court but the nation’s entire judiciary to lean more conservative. As Senate majority leader, the Republican broke precedent and refused to hold hearings on Merrick Garland, nominated by President Barack Obama in March 2016, pointing to a “principle” about Supreme Court vacancies in an election year. He broke that so-called principle last year following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18, 2020, and rushed to confirm Amy Coney Barrett at a breakneck pace.
He called that moment a “capstone” in his years-long effort under Donald Trump to confirm 220 federal judges, effectively pulling the nation’s judiciary further to the right.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mitch-mcconnells-angry-op-ed-032708760.html
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