These Senators voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch in 2006.
Posted on 01/31/2017 5:20:24 PM PST by ColdOne
full title...........BREAKING NEWS: Trump names Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee - firing starting gun on bitter battle with Democrats.........................President Donald Trump announced his appointment tonight of Neil Gorsuch, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit judge, to the Supreme Court.
If confirmed by the Senate, Gorsuch will fill the vacancy created by the February 2015 death of Antonin Scalia.
Republicans must rally eight Democrats to cross party lines in order for the appointment to clear a legislative hurdle known as cloture that takes 60 votes.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“Columbia B.A., Harvard M.A., Oxford P.H.D. Not too shabby .”
It is unfortunate state university graduates are no longer eligible for the Supreme Court. It seems Ivy League, or near Ivys (Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt) degrees are mandatory whether the administration is Republican or Democrat. Only elites need apply.
These Senators voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch in 2006.
Well Glenn did swear in the next President, LOL LOL
This statement alone may be more important than Gorsuch's track record and credentials. This is exactly the kind of justice we need on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Can we get about 3-4 more of them now?
Oh, Yeah? Well *I* heard he made KoolAid for his kids one hot Summer day and only used 1/2 cup of sugar, instead of a whole cup as ‘required’ on the package!
(Guilty as charged!) *SMIRK*
Question!
What happens if they can’t get 8 Democrats to cross the aisle?
“Robert Barnes ;@scotusreporter · 3h3 hours ago
Ayotte to lead White House team shepherding Supreme Court nominee”
Kelly Ayotte is a good choice. Media will hate it.
Yeah. Beck voted for McMuffin for president. I just heard Mike Lee call in to Mark Levin and he is ecstatic about this judge. Ted Cruz wrote something on facebook saying this judge is a great pick. Levin read it on the air.
Senator Ted Cruzhttps://www.facebook.com/SenatorTedCruz/
42 mins ·
Last year, after the unexpected passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand on the behalf of the American people. Exercising our constitutional authority, we advised President Obama that we would not consent to a Supreme Court nominee until We the People, in the presidential election, were able to choose between an originalist and a progressive vision of the Constitution.
In November, the People spoke, clearly. They elected President Donald Trump, who had repeatedly promised to nominate a justice firmly committed to the following the law and the original understanding of the Constitution. Today, with the nomination of the Honorable Neil Gorsuch from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, President Trump has fulfilled that promise, and the rule of law will be all the better for it.
Like the renowned justice he is set to replace, Judge Gorsuch is brilliant and immensely talented. He has impeccable qualifications, having clerked at the Supreme Court, excelled in private practice, served at the highest levels of the Justice Department, and garnered a stellar reputation over the past decade as an appellate judge. More importantly, though, he also mirrors Justice Scalia in that he has a proven track record of honoring the Constitution, following the text of the law, and refraining from imposing his policy preferences from the bench. As a result of his fidelity to law, he has proven to be a champion of federalism, the constitutional separation of powers, religious liberty, and all of the fundamental liberties enshrined in our Bill of Rights. I couldn’t be happier with his selection.
Indeed, I wholeheartedly applaud President Trump for nominating Judge Gorsuch. Our country desperately needs Supreme Court justices who revere the Constitution and are willing to elevate it over their own personal preferences, and Judge Gorsuch has demonstrated that faithfulness. Eleven years ago, the Senate was so confident in Judge Gorsuch’s abilities that it confirmed him by voice vote. In the time since, he has shown himself worthy of that distinction, and I would hope that my Senate colleagues give him the respect he deserves this time around, as well, and support his confirmation.
Maybe they’ll just fold on this one...?
His daughters have their backs to the camera....the woman is his wife
Harvard , Stanford & Columbia ranked 2 , 3 and 4 in the USA with Yale at # 1 . Univ. of Chicago tied for 4th with NYU at # 5 . Elite yes - but apparently the best .
But National Review, Weekly Standard, David Frum (still very hostile), Bill Kristol, (most of) Fox News, Eric Ericson, Glen Beck, Heat Street and all of Conservatism Inc/#nevertrump told us that Trump was a secret liberal who would never appoint a true conservative™ to the Supreme Court.
Why did we ever listen to those people? Why would we ever listen to them in the future (some will now try to get back on the bandwagon)?
Oh my goodness.... this guy is a loser. Trump failed tonight. /s
I dig his aura - swell pick!
Whoops!
You are right!
I dig his aura - swell pick!
*SMIRK* ;)
That whole CIRCUS was SO DISGUSTING! WHY, THANKS TO DEMOCRATS, do we end up having to EXPLAIN these things to our own children?
Gawd, HOW I HATE THEM!!
But - So. Much. Winning! (These days!) :)
I thought I heard that the democrats wouldn’t fight Gorsuch because he’s more moderate then hard right? Is that not correct?
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