Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.N.Y.). Supreme Court’s The string of controversial rulings last week was argued to be a result “signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism” On Sunday,

“These are the types of rulings that signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power in the court,” You can also read about the importance of this in our article Ocasio-Cortez to CNN’s Dana Bash.

In an earlier interview with the New York Democrat he warned of the dangers that a court without checks and balances will face. “undemocratic and frankly, dangerous authoritarian expansion of power.”

″We have a broad level of tools to deal with misconduct, overreach and abuse of power and the Supreme Court has not been receiving the adequate oversight necessary in order to preserve their own legitimacy,” Ocasio-Cortez declared.

“And in the process, they themselves have been destroying the legitimacy of the court, which is profoundly dangerous for our entire democracy.”

Watch more videos of Ocasio-Cortez’s interview with CNN below.