Vice President Kamala Harris has escalated left-wing efforts to block President Donald Trump from reshaping the Supreme Court, warning that he must not be allowed to select two additional justices and insisting Democrats must be clear-eyed about what is at stake.
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Her alarmist message appeared in a post on X, where Harris who lost the 2024 presidential election to President Trump circulated a New York Times report describing how a liberal organization is preparing a multimilliondollar effort to oppose potential Trump Supreme Court appointees before they happen, according to Breitbart. The campaign underscores how the left, having failed to persuade voters at the ballot box, is now turning its energy toward preemptively delegitimizing any future conservative nominees to the nations highest court.
The Times detailed how Josh Orton, the president of Demand Justice, is spearheading the initiative, projecting a substantial price tag for the operation. Josh Orton, the president of Demand Justice, said the project would cost $3 million to start and $15 million more if vacancies occurred and Mr. Trump nominated a successor to the court most likely for Clarence Thomas or Samuel A. Alito Jr., the two oldest justices. Justice Thomas is 77 years old, and Justice Alito is 76.
Democrats are openly banking on a Senate takeover to obstruct any Trump nominees, hoping to flip at least four Republican-held seats in November. If Democrats were to win control of the Senate in the November elections they need to flip at least four Republican-held seats to do so Mr. Trump would face steep odds of getting nominees confirmed during the remainder of his term. If a Democrat were to succeed him as president, Justices Thomas and Alito would both be in their 80s by the time a potential Republican president could appoint a successor.
Harris framed the court as a political battleground rather than an independent branch, declaring that its composition must be constrained to prevent further conservative influence. We must be clear eyed about what is at stake with the Supreme Court right now, Harris wrote. We cannot allow Donald Trump to hand pick one, if not two, additional justices. The nations highest court must be stopped from becoming even more beholden to him.
Her remarks coincided with renewed media focus on Justice Alitos health, after reports that he had been taken to a hospital after becoming ill during a March 20 event, people with knowledge, told CNN. On the evening of Friday, March 20, Justice Alito felt ill during an event in Philadelphia, Patricia McCabe, a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court said in a statement.
Out of an abundance of caution, he agreed with his security details recommendation to see a physician before the three-hour drive home. After that examination and the administration of fluids for dehydration, he returned home that night, as previously planned.
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