DSA Pushes to Abolish Senate, Fischer Warns of Threat to 250-Year Constitutional Order
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 30
DSA Pushes to Abolish Senate, Fischer Warns of Threat to 250-Year Constitutional Order
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 30
Summary
A new Democratic Socialists of America platform calls for scrapping the Senate and placing the presidency and Supreme Court under a unicameral national body, prompting Sen. Deb Fischer to label it an assault on the Constitution.
Fischer said the proposal reflects impatience with constitutional limits, linking it to broader attacks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy when institutions block ideological goals.
Recent threats against justices underscore that risk, she argued: Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan told a Senate hearing court security has not kept pace, and Barrett said she once returned home wearing a bulletproof vest after the Roe leak.
Fischer also cited Democrats’ past rhetoric toward the court, including Chuck Schumer’s 2020 warning that Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch would “pay the price,” and urged Congress to bolster security resources.
The Nebraska Republican framed the Senate’s equal state representation and staggered 6-year terms as safeguards against abrupt majoritarian swings, saying both parties should reject efforts to dismantle the three-branch system.