Leahy: Current Supreme Court ‘Most Activist In My Lifetime’ (VIDEO)

On Meet The Press yesterday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called the current conservative Supreme Court the “most activist in my lifetime.”

This is a very, very activist court, the most activist court in my lifetime. They rewrote the law to say that–so they said that women could be paid less than men. They rewrote the law to say that age discrimination laws won’t apply if corporate interests don’t want them to. They rewrote the law to give ExxonMobil a $2 billion windfall. And they rewrote the law to say that corporations could come in and meddle in elections in this, in this country.

Also on Meet The Press, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) suggested that he’d be willing to filibuster President Obama’s next Supreme Court nominee.

“If a nominee is, is one that is so activist like Goodwin Liu that’s just been nominated, who’s written that, that the Constitution requires welfare and health care to individuals, if it’s somebody like that, clearly outside the mainstream, then I think every power should be utilized to protect the Constitution. We’ll not confirm somebody like that.”

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