'They lied,' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says of conservative justices. 'I believe lying under oath is an impeachable offense.'
Congress should consider impeaching conservative Supreme Court justices if they lied under oath during their Senate confirmation hearings, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday.
“There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and the hostile takeover of our democratic institutions,” she added. “And what makes it particularly dangerous is that it sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure Supreme Court confirmations and seats on the Supreme Court.”Echoing the sentiment of Democratic Sen.
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