WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the Biden-Harris administration and Senate Democrats’ litany of proposed changes to the Supreme Court that would endanger the Court’s independence in an attempt to gain more rulings in their favor. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.  

“In recent years, our Democratic colleagues have floated a litany of institutional changes to try to tilt the balance of power in the Judiciary in their favor.”

“Our colleagues don’t want to keep losing cases in the courtroom, so they’ve adopted a new strategy: If you can’t win the game, change the rules.”

“From packing the court with liberal justices to dictating recusal requirements for the justices to holding security funding hostage, if the Supreme Court doesn’t do what our Democratic colleagues want them to do, our colleagues have offered many plans to fully assert control over this independent branch of government, the judiciary.”

“It’s not bad enough that President Biden has promoted these radical changes, but even more concerning that his protégé, Vice President Harris, has fully embraced them.” 

“A potential Harris administration would stage a full-blown coup to overtake the Supreme Court and eviscerate judicial independence.”

“The Biden-Harris proposal is not about protecting democracy or assuring accountability, it’s about consolidating power and undermining institutions that stand in the way of their agenda.”

“Republicans will continue to fight to protect the integrity of America’s judicial system, and we will not allow this president, or any president, or any political party to hijack the federal judiciary for their own partisan benefit.”