Elizabeth Warren calls for Supreme Court expansion: 'This court has lost legitimacy. ... They just took the last of it and set a torch to it with the Roe v. Wade opinion.'
, warranting an expansion of the number of supreme court justices, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.to effectively end all federal protections on abortion.
At least 26 Republican-led states in total are expected to ban abortions or heavily restrict access to them in the wake of the ruling, according to the"This court has lost legitimacy. They have burned whatever legitimacy they still may have had after their gun decision, after their voting decision, after their union decision," Warren said."I believe we need to get some confidence back in our court and that means we need more justices on the United States supreme court.
Warren also said that she was "deeply concerned" about Justice Clarence Thomas' suggestion in his concurring opinion to the Roe v. Wade ruling that the
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