Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on Monday called conservative Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito “the three horsemen of the apocalypse” who are “waiting for the fourth one to come along.”
Hirono’s comments came following the Supreme Court’s agreement to allow the partial implementation of President Trump’s travel ban until the court hears the case in October.
“Neil Gorsuch, who I did not support as a Supreme Court justice, he’s joined two of the most conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Alito on the court to take the position that the entire injunction should have been lifted,” Hirono said. “This is like the three horsemen of the apocalypse, and they’re waiting for the fourth one to come along so that they can go on their trend toward what I call our extremism.”
Washington was abuzz going into Monday morning about whether Justice Anthony Kennedy was going to announce his retirement from the bench on the court’s last day of the term, opening up a second high court vacancy for Trump to fill.
“I’m not surprised at all that Neil Gorsuch is right in there with Thomas and Alito in pretty much telling the president, ‘you go right ahead, impose a Muslim ban.’ I’m glad the other justices are not there quite yet,” Hirono said.
