Progressive Caucus: Congress Is Obligated to Hold Supreme Court’s “Rogue Justices” Accountable

Rep. Pramila Jayapal: “We do not have to simply accept the devastation of these rulings. We must hold these rogue justices to account.”

on Tuesday, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal said that lawmakers have an “obligation to respond” to right-wing Supreme Court justices in the wake of decisions in cases likeThe statement raises alarm over a number of decisions that the Supreme Court has made in just the past few months, some of which overturned centuries-old precedents.

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