Brian Williams Hopes Gorsuch Becomes Liberal on the Bench

Talking to George Washington University Law School professor Jeffrey Rosen, Williams, known for his active fantasy life, imagined this left-wing dream scenario: “...a question we keep asking, perhaps just to keep things interesting, what is the chance that this nominee could be a surprise to the president who nominated him, along the lines of a [John] Brennan or a [David] Souter?”

The first thing is that Williams got the name of the former Supreme Court Justice wrong. The guy he was talking about, the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was William J. Brennan, Jr., not John Brennan, who until January, 2017, was the Director of the CIA.

Brian Williams also clearly misunderstood the circumstances of William Brennan's nomination. Brennan was a recess appointment by Eisenhower shortly before the 1956 election, who nominated him because his White House advisors thought that doing so might persuade some northeastern Democrats to vote for the GOP ticket if he nominated a Catholic Democrat from the Northeast.

Nobody would have mistaken Brennan for a political conservative before his nomination or after, and it's unlikely that Ike viewed Brennan as anything but the outspoken liberal he had always been throughout his career. Yet Williams seems to think that Eisenhower was in some way "surprised" at how his nominee careened leftward once he was confirmed, when in truth and in fact, Brennan had always been left of center anyway. It's doubtful that Brennan's leftward tilt would have been any surprise to Eisenhower at all.

Gorsuch has a HUGE paper trail unlike Roberts, Heritage foundation recommended Gorsuch as #1 on the list, don’t think they could make such a mistake!!! Gorsuch has at least 700 writings on rulings they have been gone over with a fine tooth comb by ALL conservative organizations he seems to pass with flying colors I am not worried about this nominee!! Roberts had a VERY SPARCE paper trail on purpose to get him through VERY UNFORTUNATE for our side!! Looking at it now though Bush was a Lib and the Roberts pic was NOT a mistake as far as Bush is concerned!!!

I am not doubting Gorsuch. His prospects are better than many. But Warren was nominated as a “conservative” originally and apparently he was, originally. The problem is that “growing’ on the bench has always been only in a leftward direction. Once they don’t have to answer for their actions any more their ideas sometimes change. It’s like a personality that is stable and solid until he wins a lottery. He changes, often radically.

Liberals come in 2 stripes.

1. The rich people who live in gated communities, in Hollywood, expensive coastal areas etc. They never have to live next to a illegal or street criminal. They do not face financial problems faced by the middle class. They love the cheap household help legal or illegal. They think the middle class taxpayers should subsidize those who prefer to not get a job.

2. The 47% who get free government checks and want them coming by electing more liberals.

***The Judge has done a fantastic job in the hot seat...and believe me, all his deft answers have been driving the lefties crazy!***

Great job! The 'rats ask questions they would never ask a Dem nominee... try to get Gorsuch to commit to how he would rule on hot issues - which would immediately disqualify him for a seat on SCOTUS! ...and then billionaire thief Diane Feinstein says she cannot vote for Gorsuch because he has been so non-commital in his answers. These 'rats are the most despicable people in this country!

They refuse to accept the will of the people, and they say Trump cannot nominate a SCOTUS justice because of an on-going FBI investigation by Dem lacky Comey - which will remain on-going until the end of the Trump Presidency until AG Jeff Sessions takes over the DOJ and rids his dept of all the 'bama hang-ons. When will Sessions step up?

Also, I wish the Prez had nominated Gorsuch for Chief Justice!

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