California Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) demonstrated how hypocrisy can be an equal opportunity endeavor as she marked the one-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade’s overturn with some thoughts on term limits.
“There certainly should be — and if nothing else, there should be some ethical rules that would be followed.”
(Video: MSNBC)
Saturday marked one year since the U.S. Supreme Court announced a 6-3 decision in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that ushered in the return of 10th Amendment rights for the individual states on abortion legislation. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had written the decision for Dobbs that laid out the overturn of Roe and the attacks against him and his conservative peers have been ongoing ever since.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” the eponymous host raised ethics concerns (read partisan investigation) leveled against the justice regarding a previously undisclosed fishing trip with a billionaire in 2008. As Psaki circled back to a Quinnipiac poll that marked public approval of the court at 30 percent, the narrative over legitimacy heard throughout the 2022 midterms was raised yet again.
“Here we have a body, ele- chosen for life, never had to run for office. Nominated, confirmed for life with no accountability for their ethics behavior. 30 percent seems high,” the former House Speaker, believed to have profited considerably from her time in Congress that began in 1987, said after labeling Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas “shameful” for “cavalier” violations of “what would be expected.”
Congress pursuing ethics rules for the Supreme Court, Congress can’t stop their own members from insider trading in the companies they regulate and making themselves millionaires with corruption
— Dennis Peterson (@Dpete9Peterson) June 26, 2023
Pelosi then pivoted to taking some action against the court whether it be the oft-floated notion of expansion or term limits.
“It’s been over 150 years since we’ve had an expansion of the court. It was in the time of Lincoln that it went up to nine. So the subject of whether that should happen is a discussion. It’s not a rallying cry. But it’s a discussion,” she said. “The president formed a commission, they did not recommend expansion of the court, that shouldn’t be the end of it.”
“But there certainly should be term limits. There certainly should be — and if nothing else, there should be some ethical rules that would be followed,” charged the politician in her fifth decade of a government career.
“I had one justice tell me he thought the other justices were people of integrity, like a Clarence Thomas; I’m like ‘get out of here,'” Pelosi quipped.
Of course, the self-identified Catholic representative lamenting limitations on access to baby killing within days of throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game honoring “Pride” doesn’t exactly scream credible character witness.
As many have clamored for the current gerontocracy to be reigned in via term limits for representatives and senators alike, as well as for a clean house throughout the varied departments of the executive branch, social media users couldn’t help but tear into Pelosi over her system of checks without balances.
“A woman in Congress longer than any current justice has the gall to talk about term limits?” railed one as another simply leveled, “As soon as liberals lose they change the rules.”
Nancy’s been in Congress practically since California became a state, but sure. Term limits for SCOTUS
— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) June 26, 2023
As soon as liberals lose they change the rules.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 26, 2023
Her hypocrisy knows no bounds. She is 83!!!
— Built To Last (@nexusothecrisis) June 25, 2023
Nancy “insider trading” Pelosi gives a lecture on integrity.
— Jack Bauer (@JackBauer_MT) June 25, 2023
Absolutely there should be term limits: 2 terms maximum for all elected officials and no lifetime pensions
— Doug F. (@DBFairby) June 25, 2023
Cool. Now do congress!
— Nick (@NickP13) June 26, 2023
Convenient, since she was Speaker for years and has been in Congress since Moses parted the Red Sea. And what’s with the title “Emerita?” You don’t use it for any former Speaker.
— Victory or Death (@IncognitoMeems) June 26, 2023
There is a method for holding Justices accountable. They can be impeached. She should be ashamed of how little she understands civics.
— Tim Martin (@WinsomeTim) June 26, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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