This is what happens when you're out of touch with the American people.
Rep. Ilhan Omar claimed during a recent interview that the Supreme Court has the lowest approval rating among the three branches of the federal government.
“Of our three branches, the judiciary or the Supreme Court has one of the lowest approval ratings with the United States electorate,” Omar said during a virtual conversation about immigration with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI).
“I think it’s, like, a 10% approval rating,” Omar added.
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "Of our three branches, the Judiciary or the Supreme Court has one of the lowest approval ratings." pic.twitter.com/1G3Hm16lKr
— The Hill (@thehill) October 31, 2020
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Well-informed Americans can immediately spot the falsehood in Omar's statement. Congress, not the Supreme Court, has enjoyed by far the lowest approval rating of the three branches of government -- and it's been like that for years.
As you can see from this Gallup poll from earlier this year, 40% of Americans have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the Supreme Court while only 13% of Americans say the same about Congress.
Meanwhile, 45% of Americans have "very little" or "no" confidence in Congress while only 18% say the same about the Supreme Court.
It's time for our elected officials in Congress to receive a wake-up call they'll never forget. They've ignored the will of their constituents while simultaneously increasing their own wealth and spending our country into the ground. As the late Sen. Tom Coburn famously said to his colleagues in Congress, "America doesn't trust you."
We can send that wake-up call with an Article V Convention of States. A Convention of States can propose constitutional amendments that limit the power, scope, and jurisdiction of the federal government -- including Congress. This Convention can also impose fiscal restraints on Congress (meaning they can't spend our money on whatever inane policy or program they want) and mandate term limits for members of Congress (meaning they won't be able to accrue power and wealth over a 30-year career in D.C.).
Taken together, these amendments will put Congress back in its constitutional box. They aren't our rules or our leaders -- they're our servants, and it's time they started acting like it.
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