U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reportedly issued a warning Thursday after the Democrat Party swept the midterms, taking the U.S. House and Senate.
\n\n“Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities. And there are many, many, many other things that they can do, or at least try to do,” he said while speaking to the Federalist Society during the Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner, according to the Hill.
\n\nAlito also said, “So, it is important to preserve the independence of the judiciary. If that is eliminated, then the Constitution as adopted in 1789 will no longer be the same.”
\n\nThe news came after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested this week that Democrats were willing to impeach U.S. Supreme Court justices she claimed “legalized” President Donald Trump’s alleged “criminality,” Breitbart News reported.
\n\nIndeed, Democrats have long wanted to target the Supreme Court.
\n\nRep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) in June said Democrat lawmakers were discussing expanding the Supreme Court and implementing term limits, per Breitbart News.
\n\n“I mean, look, we need a Supreme Court that is not beholden to corporate interests to any president, but is actually willing to…
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