[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 117 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           U.S. SUPREME COURT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Finally, this work period, we must continue to confirm 
President Biden's nominees and rebalance the Federal bench with judges 
who respect the rule of law. Sadly, Americans' faith in the Judiciary 
is at an alltime low after the extreme MAGA right captured the Supreme 
Court.
  In the last few weeks, this MAGA majority on the Court has gutted 
affirmative action, blocked student debt relief for millions of 
Americans, and green-lit discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
  What we are seeing at the Supreme Court is a sickening hypocrisy: As 
some Justices feel free to accept lavish gifts and vacations from 
billionaire friends, they are refusing to help everyday Americans just 
trying to get a fair shake. And the billionaires who have provided 
these trips and emoluments are no ordinary, run-of-the-mill 
billionaires. They are ideological MAGA extremists who bankroll hard-
right MAGA causes and then bring those cases before the same judges 
they patronized.
  Congress has clear authority to oversee the Federal judiciary, and 
that includes making sure that the highest Court in the land is held to 
equally high ethical standards. So I support Chairman Durbin and the 
Judiciary Committee's efforts to advance SCOTUS ethics reform and look 
forward to working with them on this issue.
  In the meantime, Senate Democrats will continue to help restore faith 
and balance to the Federal judiciary by keeping up our historic pace of 
confirming President Biden's judicial nominees.

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