Lebowitz railed against the presidential immunity ruling involving Trump
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Liberal author Fran Lebowitz called on President Biden to "dissolve" the Supreme Court during a discussion with "Real Time" host Bill Maher.
In an interview Saturday, Lebowitz, 73, railed against the high court, calling it "Trump's harem" while blasting the presidential immunity ruling in the case involving the former president.
"It’s so disgraceful, this court, that it shouldn’t even be allowed to be called the Supreme Court," she said. "It isn’t. It’s an insult to Motown to call it the Supreme Court. It’s not even a court…basically, it's a harem. It's 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))
"When they passed that law, that ruling, where they said ‘you’re not the president, you're the king,’ which is what that ruling is, you can do whatever you want, you can never be held responsible, I thought, ‘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, like you said, and go home,'" Lebowitz replied.
Author/crazy person Fran Lebowitz told Bill Maher that the Supreme Court is "Trump's harem" and Biden should take its immunity ruling to "dissolve the Supreme Court" pic.twitter.com/yEedBI1RpE
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"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 wise" at the time, calling it a "big win for our Constitution and for democracy."
President Biden labeled it a "dangerous 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 Show with David Letterman," has a history of making extreme statements against Trump.
In 2019, she suggested on "Real Time" that impeachment wasn't enough to 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)
"Certainly, he deserves to be impeached. I mean, impeachment is just the beginning of what he deserves. Not even scratching the surface of what he deserves," Lebowitz said. "Whenever I think about this and what he really deserves, I think, 'We should turn him over to the Saudis, you know, his buddies. The same Saudis who got rid of that reporter, you know. Maybe they can do the same for him.'"
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 saw your face when I said it. I didn't even realize that I said it. I had twelve cups of coffee," Lebowitz told Maher. "I regret saying it."
"You know, everyone's too, too, too, too ... " Maher told the panel. "I mean, it's a live show. You really don't want to see the president dismembered by the Saudis. I don't like Donald Trump either. ... but no matter who the president is, we don't want physical harm," Maher said at the time.
Fox News' Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
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