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PACKING THE SUPREME COURT IS AN ABSURD PROPOSAL
(Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, the absurd proposal brought forth now to pack the U.S. Supreme Court out of thin air with four new Justices is the latest in a breathtaking effort to seize and seal power for Democrats. They know their policies frequently don't win at the ballot box or in fair elections, so they seek to stack a Court with a new set of Justices that they hope will hand them victories outside of the hallowed legislative process.
Justice Breyer, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and even Joe Biden himself--who is quoted as saying packing the Court is a
``bonehead idea''--all disagree, at least at one time, that packing the Court to simply grab a majority is wrong-headed and un-American.
I am glad to enter into a constitutional amendment with Representative Dusty Johnson to ``Keep the 9'' and save our Supreme Court, to keep it above politics.
This is one of the most blatant, naked power grabs we have seen, ever. If this effort is somehow successful and allowed to stand, then you will not recognize the America we know, once knew, as pure power politics will indeed have won over our process that the Founders put in place.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 65
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