Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., took to Twitter Sunday afternoon to double down on her belief that the Biden administration should “simply ignore” a federal court order on a popular abortion pill. She also defended her attempt to unseat Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
In a series of tweets, Ocasio-Cortez said the ruling was “legally out of reach” because it forces the executive branch to limit the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. She also said judges who “repeatedly break the law” should be impeached, without specifically naming Thomas.
“If we don’t blame when lifelong appointees repeatedly break the law in stunning displays of corruption, if we don’t rule over (the) systematic abuse of judicial overreach, and if all we rely on is that those who abuse power monitor themselves, we don’t blame anyone else,” AOC said on Twitter. “It has to stop.”
The New York Democrat said the departments of the government differ in function and Biden’s executive branch allows him to dictate how the ruling should be carried out — or not.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, speaks at a House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, U.S., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
She also compared the current situation to the Trump administration’s inaction to restore DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policies after a court ordered it to do so.
“GOP has gone crazy over this, but there is precedent – including their own. Courts ordered Trump to reinstate DACA in full. They ignored it with Republican support,” she wrote.
The Democratic legislature added, “GOP operate in complete disregard for the law until they are able to overturn constitutional and human rights.”
In another tweet, she added: “It’s called agency non-conciliation. The courts are now going rogue with rulings that don’t even pretend to respect precedent, case law or limits on overreach anymore. They’re long overdue for a check & balance. Not this paves a dangerous path of aggravating abuses of power.”
AOC’s comments echoed those she shared during a Sunday interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, where she said there was an “exceeding amount of precedent for it.”
“It’s happened before, the idea of consistency and governance until there’s a higher court ruling,” she told Bash, adding that it’s “not an unprecedented event.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday. (Screenshot/CNN/StateOfTheUnion)
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On Friday, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, ordered the Food and Drug Administration to stop approving mifepristone while a lawsuit challenging its safety and approval moved through the courts.
The ruling and subsequent stay will take effect in seven days if a higher court, such as the U.S. Supreme Court, does not issue a stay.
During the weekend interview, the New York lawmaker said she doesn’t think Judge Kacsmaryk or any of the courts have the authority to dictate the FDA’s actions.
“I think one of the things we need to look into is the grounds for that ruling. But I don’t believe the courts have the authority over the FDA that they just claimed, and I do believe it creates a crisis,” Ocasio – Cortez said.
Separately, Ocasio-Cortez is also pushing to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whom she accused of “repeatedly breaking the law” after an investigation revealed he shared a long-standing friendship with Harlan Crow, a billionaire donor and real estate developer .
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ProPublica found that Thomas made several trips and received lavish gifts from Crow without disclosing them. Thomas subsequently admitted to receiving the “personal hospitality” but defended such behavior as “unreportable”.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, has called for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez said Thomas’ position in court was an “emergency” and he should be impeached.
The “Squad” member doubled down on her claim during Friday’s interview, after the host asked her to respond to Thomas’s statement defending his actions.
“He stated that the reason and rationale for this exemption was personal hospitality from an old friend. He himself said, in his statement, a friend of 25 years. Judge Thomas has been in court for 30 years. What he admits in his statement , trying to defend himself, is that he started this relationship with a billionaire and received gifts like this after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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She added: “I think that’s a very serious problem in itself.”
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol are both hugely popular medications used in a medicated abortion. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
The New Yorker also called on Chief Justice John Roberts to step forward and explain whether he was aware and whether he allowed the “corruption” to continue.
Ocasio-Cortez said the House was not in session this week, so she would use the time to strategize, but said she could ultimately be the one to introduce articles of impeachment against Thomas.
Fox News’ Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
