Former Speaker of the House and California Rep. Nancy Pelosi said the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has "gone rogue."
During a Monday night CNN broadcast, host Anderson Cooper asked Pelosi if she had confidence in SCOTUS.
Cooper noted the high court will soon rule on presidential immunity and also referenced the recent controversy surrounding Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas.
“No, I think they have gone rogue. It’s most unfortunate,” Pelosi responded. “But it’s unfortunate further to see what the other justices … what happened to the chief justice? Did he go weak or did he go rogue? I don’t know."
Pelosi also claimed some members of Congress had similarly been compromised.
"And that’s the same thing with these members of Congress, if I can take it back to that, because, as tragic as that night was — and they were coming after me to put a bullet in my head," she said of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. "They were going to hang the — have a gallows for the vice president of the United States.”
“So, no, I don’t have confidence in the Supreme Court,” she added. Cooper: Do you have confidence in The Supreme Court?
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“I think that some of the decisions they have — see, I respect their point of view," Pelosi continued. "If they have a point of view about a woman’s right to choose, okay, but that’s not what they’re there to do, to advocate for a point of view. Run for Congress.”
The former Speaker went on to claim the court's conservative justices — Alito, Thomas, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — decided arguments based on their opinion rather than following "the oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the United States."
“I want us to get back to a place where the three branches of government, as our Founders initiated, are respected across the board,” Pelosi concluded. “But I don’t have a lot of confidence in this court, unfortunately. I say that with a heavy heart.”
Both Alito and Thomas have been called to recuse themselves from former President Donald Trump's upcoming presidential immunity case regarding criminal prosecution over actions he took in office and his alleged involvement with Jan. 6.
Thomas has been asked to recuse himself over actions undertaken by his wife, Ginni, following the 2020 election. In a report from the Washington Post, Ginni is said to have been sympathetic to January 6 protestors in addition to lobbying lawmakers to “fight back against fraud.”
Alito is similarly facing calls to step aside over flags that were displayed outside of two of his homes that critics claim to be supportive of the “Stop the Steal” movement. Alito explained that both flags were flown by his wife, who is jointly titled to the home and entitled to display flags of her choosing.
