Posted on 03/22/2017 6:42:50 AM PDT by rdl6989
Judge Neil Gorsuch repeatedly defended an “undocumented immigrant” against the massive crush of the administrative state during his confirmation hearing Tuesday, picking a fascinating fight with his potential future colleagues on the Supreme Court. The case he was referring to — a 2016 ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in which he wrote both the opinion of the court and, strikingly, a separate concurring opinion — has become a major flash point in his quest to win a seat on the Supreme Court.
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This is. Nothing burger. Nice try though
If there’s a ‘massive crush of the administrative state’ why are there so many illegals swarming the US?
This issue can be played both ways.
He backed the law in his ruling, but criticized it in his writing.
Non-issue in the big picture.
Dems don’t have the guts to filibuster him and he’ll get 60 plus votes.
Generally, this is the way the courts are supposed to work. Defer to elected officials & the people they put in place. It’s pretty convoluted, reminding us that “hard cases make bad law”.
At that level, it’s not unusual to see “strange bedfellows” cases. That the defendant was an illegal immigrant doesn’t mean the case favored illegal immigration; actual abuse of law cannot stand, and due process applies even for eviction. We’d have to know the point of the actual case, not hyperventilate over the defendant’s status.
“If there’s a ‘massive crush of the administrative state’ why are there so many illegals swarming the US?”
Probably the administrative state was pile-driving this one defendant, instead of spreading efforts among many more illegals.
The next candidate is going to be so far left by the time it's done because that's going to the establishment demand.
And by establishment I mean republican and democrat
The Reps have a history of nominating "conservative" justices only to see them become liberals. The Dems never miss with their nominations. The always remain liberal and vote as planned.
I have an uneasy feeling about Gorsuch. He could become another O'Connor or Kennedy or Souter.
Watched a bit yesterday. The nominee is an obsequious, puffed up prig. He’s gonna be another “evolving” ‘Pub (dis)appointment.
If Gosuch had said "up" (or "down"), the Demonicrats would complain he should have said "down" (or "up").
Ditto. The more I hear and read and see, I see another Roberts. Stab us in the back every time.
The reason why liberal judges stay liberal and some conservative judges turn liberal is so very obvious, actually.
Liberal judges tend to be activist judges, which essentially means they are wielding more power personally as activist judges. Power is very seductive, and judicial self-restraint is very difficult.
He follows the law and the constitution.
“I have an uneasy feeling about Gorsuch. He could become another O’Connor or Kennedy or Souter. “
Same feeling I got. This guy seems to have been moving toward a moderate stance. I did not get the felling his ruling on travel “ban” would be a sure thing.
What is more concerning is Gorsuch’s blank slate on abortion. From some of his answers to the Democrat abortion senators, he hints that somewhere this “strict constructionist” has found in the Constitution the right to kill your baby till the day of its birth. He emphasized that the right to abortion is “super precedence.”
Conservatives are haunted by the history of Republican presidents who gave us liberal activist SOTUS justices such as Warren, Souter, Kennedy, and Roberts. Not a good record at all.
I agree, he could be another Souter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FiMW4oVW8
Just a reminder of Scalia
He was personally a conservative..but he was an originalist.
Some outcomes were not conservative
“super precedence.”
I had to look that up, “The controversial idea that some decisions are virtually immune from being overturned, regardless of whether they were decided correctly..”
Bad news. This is a guy who views the power of the court to make bad law more important than overturning the power of the state to murder it’s citizens.
This is another dog and pony show that will end in a confirmation. The Democrats have nothing but media assistance in chewing the scenery to keep the base upset and angry.
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