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To: navysealdad; P-Marlowe; Jim Robinson

This is why I voted for Trump.

Anything extra from Trump is icing on the cake.

Now it’s up to Gorsuch. I was encouraged by his refusal to give a break to the trucker stuck in the cold. Gorsuch said he couldn’t because the law said what it said. Compassion said to give the guy a break. The law said don’t move your rig. He moved his rig.

Gorsuch figured the difference would be made up at sentencing, but couldn’t be in the ruling.

He sounds like he actually is a textualist.

That cuts both ways, of course. Live by the text, die by the text.


97 posted on 04/07/2017 11:06:16 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: xzins
I was encouraged by his refusal to give a break to the trucker stuck in the cold. Gorsuch said he couldn’t because the law said what it said. Compassion said to give the guy a break. The law said don’t move your rig. He moved his rig.

Hardly the case. True, the truck's trailer brakes were frozen and inoperable. True, it was unsafe to drive the trailer. So the driver unhooked the trailer, drove the fully operational truck cap to a rest stop, and saved his life. And got fired for it. He didn't break a law, he violated company policy.

165 posted on 04/08/2017 4:34:51 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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