The president of the pro-abortion organization Planned Parenthood called for lawmakers to expand the Supreme Court to dilute the current presence of conservative Justices.
In an interview on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said recent attacks “on our democratic rights and our democratic freedoms” justifies structural changes to the court system.
“The reality is, the court now has been fully captured in so many areas. The fact that you have, again, this lone Texas judge, that can now bring cases, you can form shop there, bring cases to the Fifth Circuit, which is also conservative and up to the Supreme Court now, which has a conservative supermajority,” she said.
She also said ethical reforms are needed due to the “issues” that surround “people with lifetime appointments, that are very much out of step with where the majority of people are on a variety of issues.”
“It would be one thing to call for, you know, a justice to step down for whatever reason, but the reality is, that the, the way in which the system has been captured requires us to engage in structural reform in a different way,” McGill Johnson said.
Advocacy Group Launches Campaign
Over 30 organizations announced they would pool together to create the “Just Majority” campaign, which they said will advocate for a “fair and ethical” Supreme Court.
The groups include organizations like Color of Change, Greenpeace USA, NARAL Pro-Choice America and March for Our Lives Action Fund.
“The project will spotlight the crisis of legitimacy faced by the Court, highlighting the justices’ unethical behavior and partisan rulings, and make the case for structural reforms such as Court expansion,” the group said in a press release.
The campaign will include a bus tour with over 20 stops across the country to host events that advocate for “reproductive rights, gun violence prevention measures, and racial justice and civil rights.”
Hey, PP, wish in one hand & crap in the other & let us know which one fills up faster! LOSERS!
The constitution provides a means to amend it. If there is a flaw it would be better to change it rather than restructure the court because if restructure it now to change court decisions in a few years it can be changed again. An amendment would require developing support of most Americans but would be more enduring and far harder to rescend while protecting the minorities from the tyranny of the majority.
Why in the world, when there are dozens of contraceptives available to women and men, are we talking about abortion? If Planned Parenthood was really “Planned Parenthood”, contraception is what they would be touting. Not killing already conceived babies. But, I suppose that wouldn’t be as lucrative. Right?
Since when does a left leaning organization who kills infants in the womb have any say in our constitutional rights. Let’s take our Supreme Court judges at their word. The power never belonged to the Federal Government but to the states. Planned Parenthood is full of leaches.
Crawl back under the rocks from where you came, PP, and keep your opinions out of our courts.
Who died and made them boss?
Oh yea, hundreds of thousands of babies…. they killed
PP THINKS THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GUESS WHAT, THEY DON’T. CONSERVATIVES ARE QUITE, AND THATS WHEN THE LIBERAL LUNATICS NEED TO WATCH OUT. WE JUST TOOK OUT ANHEUSER-BUSCH…… YOU WANT WAR, CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
The reasons given by Planned Parenthood for wanting to expand the U S Supreme Court show how dishonest Planned Parenthood is. The majority ruling that abortion is not a constitutional right is liked by those who benefit financially from the premeditated killing of babies in the womb. This is why they want to expand the U S Supreme Court. They want justices to amend the U S Constitution by their rulings. Such rulings are unconstitutional and we need a conservative majority on the U S Supreme to protect the freedoms guaranteed in the U S Constitution. Roe v. Wade was one such unconstitutional ruling by the U S Supreme Court. If you read the U S Constitution you will not see the right to privacy or abortion anywhere in it. The due process clause should prohibit abortion given that abortion denies the right to life without due process of law. The due process of law allows for the death penalty for those convicted of a capital offense, but not for anyone whose life others may find inconvenient.
Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed that Roe v. Wade was a bad decision.