Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today stands out as a critical moment for the country, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution. In recent weeks, Trump administration officials and allies have made statements and engaged in troubling conduct that threatened judicial independence and our very system of government. Elon Musk, a senior adviser to President Trump, has repeatedly called for the impeachment of Federal judges whose decisions he disagrees with, and he has questioned the lifetime appointment of Federal judges that is enshrined in article III of our Constitution. In a social media post, Vice President JD Vance falsely asserted that: Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power. This is merely the latest in a long line of claims by the Vice President that a President of the United States can defy the orders of the court. In 2021, Mr. Vance went so far as to say he would suggest to President Trump that ``when the court stops you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say, `The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.''' This was an obvious reference to the apocryphal story about President Andrew Jackson suggesting he would defy the Supreme Court ruling. And President Donald Trump himself recently posted: He who saves his Country does not violate any Law. Let me repeat that post, personal post, by the President: He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.…”