The Democratic Socialists of America recently proposed a policy platform that includes abolishing the Senate and subordinate the presidency and the Supreme Court to a new unicameral body. This proposal is a direct assault on the Constitution, according to Sen. Deb Fischer.

Constitutional Limits

Sen. Fischer argues that the attacks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy and the calls to abolish the Senate spring from the same impulse: impatience with constitutional limits on political power. When institutions become obstacles to ideological goals, the answer should never be to tear them down.

The Supreme Court justices and their families have been subject to escalating threats in recent years. During a recent Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan described a security posture that has not kept pace with the threats they now face.

Security Concerns

No justice should fear for their safety because they faithfully discharge their constitutional duty. Yet, instead of treating this as the urgent, nonpartisan security matter it is, we continue to hear rhetoric that attacks the very legitimacy of the court as an institution.

Criticism of the court’s decisions is part of a healthy democracy. However, there is a clear difference between criticizing a ruling and undermining the legitimacy of the institution or inciting threats against those who serve on it.

The same impatience animates the DSA’s call to abolish the Senate. The Senate provides a necessary counterbalance to the House of Representatives, balancing power by granting each state equal representation, protecting smaller states from being steamrolled by larger ones.

Sen. Fischer concludes that now is the time to reaffirm our commitment to those institutions. Congress can ensure that Supreme Court justices have the security resources necessary to carry out their duties without fear or intimidation.

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