Yang criticizes Schumer for ignoring ‘separation of powers’ with Supreme Court comments

Published March 5, 2020 5:46pm ET



Andrew Yang said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was doing more harm than good when he said conservative Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would “pay the price” for their votes on abortion regulations.

“I’m a champion of women’s reproductive rights as fundamental human rights, but I don’t think it’s productive for a senator to publicly rebuke Supreme Court justices before a ruling,” the former Democratic presidential contender said Thursday on ABC’s The View. “I mean, we have constitutional separation of powers for a reason, and the fact is if this had happened in reverse, then I’m sure Chuck and many other Democrats would be very, very upset about it.”

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