Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Should Dems oppose Gorsuch

Judge Nancy Gertner says he's extreme.  But of all the picks that Trump could make, he's seems pretty moderate to me.  Here's Gertner:
He sounds so judicial. He talks about neutrality, raising plain vanilla issues about deference to the expertise of administrative agencies. It is boring, hardly likely to engender indignation. He says his decisions are required by the law — not affected by his own background. He is Judge Neil Gorsuch and he may soon be on the Supreme Court. Don’t be fooled. His approach is not neutral, not required by the law, and far out of the mainstream. Quite apart from social issues like abortion or gay rights, his approach could gut health and safety and antidiscrimination laws.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

If Gorsuch is moderate, then Thomas is a liberal.

Anonymous said...

This is not just an up or down vote on a very conservative jurist. In denying even a vote on Garland, the Senate abdicated its constitutional responsibility. It cannot now act as if that is all just water under the bridge. The Senate, as a bipartisan whole, must redeem itself first.

Anonymous said...

The Constitution doesn't require a vote. There have been 160 Supreme Court nominations in our history; 25 of them never got a vote.

Anonymous said...

Once a President nominates someone, the Constitution requires the advice and consent of the Senate. Doing nothing for an entire year is not providing the mandated advice and consent. You can spin it any way you want, 2:41, but the Senate did not do what the Constitution required it to do. Not because it couldn't but only because it wouldn't for the same partisanship the GOP leaders now decry. The Senate should have had hearings and a vote on Garland.

Anonymous said...

Remember when the GOP wouldn't even meet with Garland and look him in the eye? Gutless cowards.

Anonymous said...

Oh please. Consent is not required. You don't know what the Constitution says or history. You thinking they "should" have had hearings doesn't make it unconstitutional not to have a hearing.

Anonymous said...

Garland met with numerous GOP senators. Truth and the Constitution not very high priorities with you hysterics.

Anonymous said...

4:16 - why didn't senate vote on Garland? You ok with that?

Anonymous said...

You are right, 4:06, the constitution doesn't spell out that congress, the president or courts actually have to do their job, it is just kind of expected of people who are supposed to be serving us.
President Obama did his job and nominated a qualified jurist, Garland. The senate did not do its job. It did nothing. And now those same obstructionists want to be rewarded.