Liberal writer Fran Lebowitz known as on President Biden to “dissolve” the Supreme Court docket throughout a dialogue with “Real Time” host Invoice Maher.
In an interview Saturday, Lebowitz, 73, railed towards the excessive court docket, calling it “Trump’s harem” whereas blasting the presidential immunity ruling within the case involving the previous president.
“It’s so disgraceful, this court, that it shouldn’t even be allowed to be called the Supreme Court,” she mentioned. “It isn’t. It’s an insult to Motown to name it the Supreme Court docket. It’s not even a court docket…principally, it is a harem. It is Trump’s harem.
Fran Lebowitz attends the game between the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty during round two game two of the 2023 WNBA playoffs on September 26, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York. ((Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images))
“Once they handed that legislation, that ruling, the place they mentioned ‘you’re not the president, you are the king,’ which is what that ruling is, you are able to do no matter you need, you may by no means be held accountable, I believed, ‘You know, Biden is still the president. No one seems to notice,'” she said. “But I think Biden should dissolve the Supreme Court.”
Maher pushed back, “dissolve the Supreme Court? Come on.”
“I’m the president, I’m the king now, such as you mentioned, and go dwelling,'” Lebowitz replied.
“Okay. Good to see you’re centrist,” Maher retorted sarcastically before changing the topic.
The Supreme Court issued a pivotal ruling in the presidential immunity case against former President Trump in July, declaring that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office, but not for unofficial acts. The move by the conservative-dominated court – including three justices nominated by Trump – means that the trial judge in the lower court case against Trump will now have to hold hearings on whether the charges against Trump were based on official acts by the then-president or unofficial ones.
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 07: United States Supreme Court (front row L-R) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, (back row L-R) Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump celebrated the ruling as “brilliantly written and clever” at the time, calling it a “huge win for our Structure and for democracy.”
President Biden labeled it a “harmful precedent” while calling for new reforms to the Supreme Court, including term limits and a new code of conduct, and to draft a new constitutional amendment that limits presidential immunity.
Lebowitz, an author and speaker best known for her appearances on “The Late Present with David Letterman,” has a history of making extreme statements against Trump.
In 2019, she suggested on “Actual Time” that impeachment wasn’t sufficient to self-discipline Trump.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens at a town hall campaign event at Macomb Community College, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“Actually, he deserves to be impeached. I imply, impeachment is only the start of what he deserves. Not even scratching the floor of what he deserves,” Lebowitz said. “Every time I take into consideration this and what he actually deserves, I believe, ‘We should always flip him over to the Saudis, , his buddies. The identical Saudis who removed that reporter, . Perhaps they will do the identical for him.'”
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Her remark was in reference to the 2018 murder of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, who is believed to have been tortured and dismembered with a bone saw, purportedly under the orders of the Saudi government.
She later apologized for the comments after facing widespread backlash.
“I noticed your face once I mentioned it. I did not even notice that I mentioned it. I had twelve cups of espresso,” Lebowitz told Maher. “I remorse saying it.”
“You recognize, everybody’s too, too, too, too … ” Maher told the panel. “I imply, it is a reside present. You actually do not wish to see the president dismembered by the Saudis. I do not like Donald Trump both. … however regardless of who the president is, we do not need bodily hurt,” Maher said at the time.
Fox News’ Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
