Vice President Kamala Harris argued during a recent interview with the New York Times that the Supreme Court threatened 'fundamental freedoms across the board.'
Vice President Kamala Harris argued the Supreme Court threatened 'fundamental freedoms across the board' and sounded the alarm on the court's conservative justices during a recent interview. 'This court has shown itself to be an activist court,' Harris told the New York Times in an interview published Thursday. The vice president hesitated to elaborate on what legal precedent specifically could be thwarted by the court, because she was concerned about sounding 'alarmist.
The vice president pointed to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion in the Dobbs decision, the ruling that overturned Roe. He suggested in his concurring opinion that the court revisit previous rulings on contraception and gay marriage. 'You could even look at Clarence Thomas saying a lot of the quiet part out loud,' she said. 'Just look at what he said and then maybe that gives us some indication. Just look at one of the justices to see where they might go next.
think the American people recognize when they’re being gaslit and have the ability to decipher beyond the charade,' she said. The vice president also criticized the court during a recent interview with talk-show host Drew Barrymore. She said the Supreme Court justices 'took a constitutional right that had been recognized from the women of America.
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