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An explosive news also blew the headlines of the world's major media: the US Supreme Court officially issued a judgment overturning the "Roe v. Wade case". Since then, millions of women in the United States have lost the right to have their own abortions. The United States, which shouts about human rights every day, has done the most inhumane thing, which has aroused the condemnation of the international community and leaders of many countries, and Biden consciously has no light on his face, saying that "this makes the United States an outlier among the developed countries in the world." ”
Biden has always been determined to attack the Supreme Court, and he prefers to vent his anger on cases he believes were wrongly decided. But on Friday, after a majority of judges dealt a fatal blow to Roe v. Wade, a landmark ruling that guaranteed the right to elective abortion, Biden slammed the Supreme Court for being captured by right-wing extremism. In doing so, he posed the question: How much pressure would he put on the judiciary as the midterm campaign entered a critical phase?
In his speech after the Supreme Court overturned the Roy case, Biden said, "This decision shows that the conservative majority of the Supreme Court shows how extreme this decision is, how far away they are from the majority of the people in this country, and makes the United States an outlier among the developed countries of the world." In addition, Biden denounced "the extreme and dangerous path that the court is now putting us (the United States) on."
For a long time, Biden has been proud of being an institutionalist and unwilling to challenge the effectiveness of the Supreme Court. He has refused to sign a series of reform proposals that include expanding its membership, imposing mandatory age limits on judges or setting ethical guidelines, which he did not mention in Friday's speech.
But as far as biden's speeches are concerned, the US media said that the fierce impact of these speeches is noteworthy. Biden criticized Judge Clarence Thomas by name, saying he laid the groundwork for reconsidering the right to same-sex marriage and for couples to make their own decisions about contraception. He also said the three new members of the Supreme Court were favored by Donald Trump, who nominated them as judges. He added that the quality of the midterm elections will depend on their ruling. Biden warned, "This fall, the Roy case will be on the voting list. ”
Despite the sharp rhetoric, though, Biden's advisers don't think he'll use the Supreme Court itself as a siege hammer in the upcoming midterm elections. John Anzalen, a longtime Biden pollster, said that while only a quarter of Americans have confidence in the Supreme Court, he doesn't think Democrats will compete with conservative justices like Republican candidates.
Meanwhile, Friday's ruling turned the issue from hypothetical to reality, with Anzalean saying abortion would be illegal in all states, except for more than 10 states — "Republicans will be punished for this." The crux of many of the overwhelming midterm elections is the outrageous rhetoric of Republican candidates on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. ”
According to US media analysis, how strong Biden's choice to attack the Supreme Court may affect the election cycle in which Democrats may face extensive losses. Most midterm elections are a referendum on the party that controls the White House, which in turn tries to turn the election into a choice between the two parties. Biden has been trying to do so far, arguing that Republicans are captivated by Trump's "extreme MAGA" brand.
But a growing number of people outside the White House have called for turning the midterm elections into a referendum on the Supreme Court itself, attacking the Supreme Court and its conservative judges as political actors whose powers need to be limited by The Democrats' growing majority in Congress. Mark Mellman, a Democrat poll expert, said there would be "a bigger push" behind some of the court reform proposals Biden opposes.
Brian Fallon, executive director of demand justice, a reform group that said Biden should let go of his institutionalist tendencies and his firm belief that he could help restore the bipartisan comity era. He urged the president not to squander the political opportunity before him and turn "these Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices into villains who make decisions that are grossly unpopular but politically extremely relevant." The White House is on the defensive over inflation and oil prices. ... It's a contrast to be drawn, and the only thing that stops them is their allergic reaction to provoking a fight along partisan lines. ”
At present, the US Supreme Court's ruling restricting the right to abortion has attracted international condemnation. The UN criticized the ruling as a major step backwards and blows to women's human rights and gender equality; Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said the ruling was terrible and stressed that Canada would guarantee women's rights; WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed great disappointment; French President Emmanuel Macron also said that abortion is a basic right of women and must be guaranteed, saying that he is on the same side as women whose right to liberty is challenged by the US Supreme Court ruling; British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said it was a serious setback.