Schumer is now subject to disbarment for threatening a judge.
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Schumer for statements about Kavanaugh, Gorsuch
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Schumer for statements about Kavanaugh, Gorsuch
MARCH 5, 202000:56
March 4, 2020, 4:09 PM CST / Updated March 5, 2020, 6:11 AM CST
By Pete Williams
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts publicly chastised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday over comments Schumer made outside the Supreme Court as the justices were hearing a case on abortion rights.
Schumer, D-N.Y., suggested that President Donald Trump's court appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, "won't know what hit" them if they vote to uphold abortion restrictions. He spoke during a rally on the sidewalk in front of the court building.
"I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price," Schumer said.
In a highly unusual written statement issued late Wednesday, Roberts said, "Statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous."
"All members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter," Roberts said.
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Schumer's spokesman said his remarks about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh referred to the political price Republicans "will pay for putting them on the court."
It was a warning, the spokesman said, "that the justices will unleash major grassroots movement on the issue of reproductive rights against the decision."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to blast Schumer in a specch on the Senate floor on Thursday.
By Pete Williams
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts publicly chastised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday over comments Schumer made outside the Supreme Court as the justices were hearing a case on abortion rights.
Schumer, D-N.Y., suggested that President Donald Trump's court appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, "won't know what hit" them if they vote to uphold abortion restrictions. He spoke during a rally on the sidewalk in front of the court building.
"I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price," Schumer said.
In a highly unusual written statement issued late Wednesday, Roberts said, "Statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous."
"All members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter," Roberts said.
Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics
Schumer's spokesman said his remarks about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh referred to the political price Republicans "will pay for putting them on the court."
It was a warning, the spokesman said, "that the justices will unleash major grassroots movement on the issue of reproductive rights against the decision."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to blast Schumer in a specch on the Senate floor on Thursday.
Schumer, in front of the cheering crowd, all bluster, all inciting. Schumer, admonished and on the senate floor, all cowardly, walking back his bluster claiming, "It didn't come out the way I meant" I chose the wrong words. He ought to be censured or at least acknowledged for the sneaky coward that he is. Speaking of sneaky cowards, is Harry Reid still alive?
ReplyDeleteKinda sounds to me more like an implicit threat against a member of the judiciary. Lots of people are incarcerated for making threats against public officials. Saying it didn't come out the way I meant hasn't been an effective defense.
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