Senate Minority Chief Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) raises his fist in an abortion rights rally exterior of the Supreme Court docket because the justices hear oral arguments within the June Medical Companies v. Russo case on March 4, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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Senate Democratic chief Chuck Schumer mentioned Thursday that he "mustn't have used the phrases I used" when he declared in entrance of the Supreme Court docket that two justices would "pay the worth" for his or her choice in an abortion case.
Republicans chastised Schumer for the comment and Chief Justice John Roberts in a uncommon rebuke mentioned the phrases had been "inappropriate" and "harmful." Talking on the Senate flooring Thursday, Majority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., known as Schumer's phrases "astonishingly reckless and utterly irresponsible" and mentioned they might have "horrific unintended penalties." Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, floated the thought of a censure.
Schumer directed the feedback at Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on the...
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