US supreme court in ‘crisis of legitimacy’ says AOC at House oversight round table

The supreme court justices sit for a new portrait. Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are mired in ethics scandals. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

The US supreme court has been “captured and corrupted by money and extremism”, provoking a “crisis of legitimacy” that threatens the stability of US democracy, warned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Speaking during a round table on Capitol Hill, the New York Democratic representative accused the court of “delegitimizing itself through its conduct”.