President Biden’s claim that the U.S. Supreme Court is “not a normal court” was scrutinized and attacked on Thursday following a major ruling on affirmative action.
The Supreme Court ruled earlier that day in a 6-3 decision that racial discrimination in college admissions was in violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The ruling was considered a major blow to affirmative action polices at major universities such as Harvard that sought to create a more “diverse” campus by favoring Black and Hispanic students over Whites and Asian Americans.
President Biden was one of many liberal critics of the decision and gave a press conference on the ruling at the White House. After finishing his remarks and preparing to leave, a reporter questioned whether he felt the Supreme Court was now a “rogue court.”
“This is not a normal court,” Biden responded.
The president’s apparent attack on the Supreme Court faced intense backlash as social media users viewed it as undermining the judicial branch.
“Sowing distrust in our democratic institutions [shaking my head],” The Federalist writer Eddie Scarry wrote.
Sowing distrust in our democratic institutions smh. https://t.co/SKNbdyP0nX
— Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) June 29, 2023
- Substack writer Jim Treacher remarked, “If this man believed in the rule of law, his son would be in jail.”
- “The Biden presidency is not a normal presidency,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., wrote.
