Posted on 03/21/2017 1:08:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy struggled to pin down Judge Neil Gorsuch Tuesday on President Trump's controversial travel ban, as the Supreme Court nominee smoothly sidestepped questions relating to the policy currently on hold by the courts.
Gorsuch instead directed the contentious cross-examination into more general terrain where Gorsuch could advocate for religious liberty, without commenting on the specifics of the case.
“I will apply the law,” Gorsuch vowed, during the second day of his Senate confirmation hearing.
Leahy initially had tried to get the 10th Circuit Court judge to comment on the notion of a “religious litmus test for entry into the United States,” in apparent reference to Trump's attempt to suspend immigration and travel from six mostly Muslim countries and the refugee program.
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We elect abysmally stupid people to the senate, apparently.
That is a nice long ride from the ORU campus to the Tulsa airport for togetherness too.
Apply the law!?!(Organ chord)?!?
He means he won’t declare the ban unconstitutional! Fascist./s
Sluts and nuts...that’s Democrat women!
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