Chuck Schumer
Outgoing Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) revealed his plan to blunt Trump’s MAGA agenda.
Schumer informed Politico’s Playbook that the judiciary would be the Democrats’ strongest “barrier” towards Trump’s plans.
Final month Trump sounded the alarm because the Democrats tried to stack the courts with Marxist judges earlier than the brand new Congress begins.
The 119th US Congress begins on January 3, 2025.
Republicans will management all three branches of presidency after Trump received the 2024 election in a landslide with big down poll victories.
The Republicans stored management of the Home of Representatives and took management the Senate in an enormous governmentwide sweep this election.
The US Supreme Court docket at the moment has 6 Conservative justices and three three liberal justices.
Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer has rammed by means of a report variety of judges on his manner out the door.
“The Democrats are attempting to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their manner out the door. Republican Senators must Present Up and Maintain the Line — No extra Judges confirmed earlier than Inauguration Day!” Trump stated.
The Democrats are attempting to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their manner out the door. Republican Senators must Present Up and Maintain the Line — No extra Judges confirmed earlier than Inauguration Day!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2024
Schumer oversaw the affirmation of his 235th judge last Friday, breaking the report set by Republican chief Mitch McConnell in the course of the first Trump administration.
The Democrats are going to make use of activist Biden, Clinton and Obama judges to blunt Trump’s agenda.
Politico reported:
In lower than a month, elected Democrats will discover themselves with so much much less energy in Washington, with a GOP-controlled Home, Senate and White Home leading to a panorama by which their capacity to tussle with President-elect DONALD TRUMP can be largely rhetorical.
But when Dem leaders have discovered one factor from Republicans over time, it’s that generally, the judiciary might be one of the best bulwark towards the opposing occasion getting what it desires.
“I don’t know precisely what [Trump will] do. However I can let you know this: The judiciary can be one among our strongest — if not our strongest — barrier towards what he does,” Senate Majority Chief CHUCK SCHUMER informed Playbook in an unique interview this week.
4 years in the past, Schumer launched a plan (together with President JOE BIDEN) to make use of the occasion’s Senate majority to prioritize not simply passing laws, but additionally pushing by means of as many judicial nominations as doable.
The end result?
“After we began out, we knew it could be a really troublesome job to do greater than Trump had finished,” stated Schumer. “However we did: We acquired 235 — greater than 1 / 4 of the federal judiciary was appointed by our Senate and by the president.”
