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Biden knocked for declaring Supreme

Court is 'not a normal court:' 'Not a
normal presidency'
President Biden commented on the Supreme Court's decision regarding affirmative action on Thursday

By Lindsay Kornick | Fox News

Biden rips Supreme Court decision on race-based college admissions: Not a normal court
The Supreme Court ruled that the use of race as a factor in admissions for college is a violation of the 14th Amendment.

President Biden’s claim that the U.S. Supreme Court is "not a normal court" was
scrutinized and attacked on Thursday following a major ruling on affirmative action.

The Supreme Court ruled earlier that day in a 6-3 decision that racial discrimination in
college admissions was in violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
The ruling was considered a major blow to affirmative action polices at major universities
such as Harvard that sought to create a more "diverse" campus by favoring Black and
Hispanic students over Whites and Asian Americans.

President Biden was one of many liberal critics of the decision and gave a press
conference on the ruling at the White House. After finishing his remarks and preparing to
leave, a reporter questioned whether he felt the Supreme Court was now a "rogue court."

"This is not a normal court," Biden responded.

President Biden comments on the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. (Fox News)

BIDEN RIPS SUPREME COURT DECISION ON RACE-BASED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: ‘NOT

A NORMAL COURT’

The president’s apparent attack on the Supreme Court faced intense backlash as social
media users viewed it as undermining the judicial branch.

"Sowing distrust in our democratic institutions [shaking my head]," The Federalist writer
Eddie Scarry wrote.

Substack writer Jim Treacher remarked, "If this man believed in the rule of law, his son
would be in jail."

Journalist Julie Kelly commented, "Wait I’m told by the attorney general that criticizing US
government institutions is dangerous and tantamount to domestic terrorism."

"Biden really said, ‘is not a normal court.’ How is bringing justice to the admissions
process not normal?!?!?" conservative media personality Graham Allen tweeted.

Media Research Center associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro noted, "FACT:

@ArletteSaenz's ridiculous question and President Biden's answer are threats to
democracy."

"The Biden presidency is not a normal presidency," Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., wrote.

Members of the Supreme Court (L-R) Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, and
Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Associate Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Samuel A. Alito, Jr.,
Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh pose in the Justices Conference Room prior to the formal investiture ceremony of
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson September 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Collection of the Supreme Court of the
United States via Getty Images)

SUPREME COURT REJECTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN RULING ON UNIVERSITIES USING

RACE IN ADMISSIONS DECISIONS

Biden later appeared on MSNBC for a live interview with Nicolle Wallace where he
elaborated on his declaration that the Supreme Court was "not normal."

"[What] I meant by that is it's done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than
any Court in recent history and that's what I meant by not normal. It's gone out of its way
to, I mean, for example, take a look at overruling Roe v. Wade. Take a look at that decision
today. Take a look on how’s ruled on a number of that are -- have been precedent for 50, 60
years sometimes. And that’s what I meant by not normal," Biden said.

The Supreme Court has been denounced as "illegitimate" by Democrats following its' overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats have denounced the Supreme Court as "illegitimate" after it overruled the
landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade last June. While Biden did not refer to the court
as such at the time, he was asked whether the court was "broken" by this decision.

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"I think the Supreme Court has made some terrible decisions," Biden answered.

Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to
lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.

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