U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recently issued a warning to Joe Biden regarding the president's efforts to reform the nation's high court, leading political onlookers to ask, "Or what?"
Gorsuch recently pushed back against Biden's recent proposals to restructure the Supreme Court, reportedly saying, "I just say: Be careful."
“The independent judiciary … What does it mean to you as an American?” Gorsuch asked. “It means that when you’re unpopular, you can get a fair hearing.”
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The comments didn't sit well with some online.
Former Naval College professor and current political analyst Tom Nichols, for instance, simply wrote, "Or what?" in response to what one reporter called a "caution flag at Biden" from Gorsuch.
Award-winning journalist Josh Marshall also weighed in on the justice's message.
"Nice Republic you have [there]," he wrote on Sunday. "Shame if something happened to it."
The Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen said, "Funny thing about the Constitution, there are three co-equal branches of government."
"At least, that's how it's supposed to be," he then added.
Meagan Hatcher-Mays, the former director of democracy policy at Indivisible, said, "Unsurprisingly Neil Gorsuch thinks the greatest threat to an independent judiciary is not 'rich guys who buy me cool things in exchange for my rulings' but 'laws passed by democratically-elected officials that would require me to stop being corrupt.'"
Journalist Jim Stewartson said, "Neil Gorsuch is a fraud who lied in his confirmation hearing and was only installed after Mitch McConnell *changed the number of Justices on SCOTUS from 9 to 8*."
"If [President Biden] allows them back in the building, they WILL overthrow the election," he added. "LOCK THE DOORS until next Congress."
Former Republican Jack Hopkins added, "Neil Gorsuch said 'Be careful' about President Biden’s suggested plan for the United States Supreme Court. No. You be careful. The American people will demand those changes and support President Harris and our elected officials in making those changes."
