Posted on 08/21/2017 2:24:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
At his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in March, then-Judge Neil M. Gorsuch spoke to Sen. Richard Blumenthal with grave sincerity, saying, Senator, the independence and integrity of the judiciary is in my bones. To Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, he promised: I do take seriously impartiality and the appearance of impartiality.
As the saying goes, however, actions speak louder than words.
Now that Gorsuch has been confirmed to the Supreme Court, his actions are beginning to bring his commitment to integrity and impartiality into sharper focus: It was recently revealed that the justice has agreed to speak to a conservative group at the Trump International Hotel in Washington next month.
As The Post recently reported, this property earned the Trump Organization $2 million in the first four months of 2017.
The Trump International Hotel has become a prominent symbol, in the heart of our nations capital, of Trumps success at exploiting his elective office for personal gain. Situated on Pennsylvania Avenue just a few blocks from the White House, it shines like a beacon to those seeking to curry favor with the 45th president.
For one who promised to take seriously . . . the appearance of impartiality, it is time for Gorsuch to return to those words. Speaking at the Trump International Hotel does not foster the appearance of impartiality. It does the opposite. Gorsuch should reflect soberly on his decision to speak at his patrons property, which lies at the center of not one but three cases that could come before him in the months ahead.
Upon such reflection, Gorsuch should withdraw from speaking at any of Trumps properties and thereby begin to match the volume of his actions as the courts newest justice with those of his words as Trumps nominee.
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How dare he? He must be RACIST!!!
>>Still cant figure out how a bunch of draft dodging baby killing looting mooching drunken druggie purveyors of perversion, crime and lies became the moral conscience of America.
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They operate slowly at first, one victory at a time, so as to go undetected (like muzzies do). They attack the foundations of education, entertainment, gov’t, health, every aspect of life, undermining core Christian values until the boiled frogs finally awaken.
The press is the thug arm of the Democrat Party...
Excellent post.
A justice performed a same sex wedding ceremony while contemplating if they should be imposed as the law of the land.
A lawyer for Obamacare got to decide if Obamacare was constitutional.
Screw these Commies and lousy biddies. A bunch of dundering dunderheads.
If the left doesn't like that, perhaps they should invite him to speak at one of their conferences.
One or two more SCOTUS nominations and Trump will win it all.
No nonsense would ever get past such a court.
i.e. Obamacare would not get past such a court...and another case can be brought.
-—ditto-—new definition of “impartiality” I bet-—
Has he refused to speak to a liberal group (not that I expect he’d be asked)? If not, there is not a demonstration of partiality so far.
Even if the President kept the guest register and counted each dime received, any speaker at an event at that hotel is still free to say what is on his/her mind.
I suppose if the amazon or facebook billionaire becomes president, that means anyone using those sites is automatically impartial.
“He can’t be impartial...he order a socket wrench from amazon.”
Sounds like the signal for a start of a political struggle campaign against Gorsuch
Is he a closeted Confederate? A neo-Nazi? Or - A Russian agent!
Scalia used to speak to conservative groups all the time. Whats the beef?
The author’s unhappiness is a pleasure to read, but if you REALLY want to put a smile on your face go to the comments section and read all the hyperventilating snowflakes as their heads spin round and round.
(I only read a few comments. I know on some of these comments sections conservatives start showing up after a while. I used to do it myself, but found it to be too much work. I do have to give the compost credit, however, that they still allow comments. Most of the DNC-approved media has removed comments to articles.)
I didn’t realize there were different ways to interpret the law - based on the political views of the participant(s).
IOW - pound sand WAPO, a justice can speak to whomever they want (or does it only matter if the audience is conservative?).
Impugning his impartiality because he is speaking at the Trump Tower in DC is a bit of a stretch...
Based on the admittedly small sample size, Gorsuch is between SouteSouter and Day O’Connor so far. We didn’t really know what Roberts was for a while.
Uh, Gorsuch didn’t pick the venue.....the “conservative group” did.
Total hogwash!
Missed the 60's, eh. Just more fallout from the Viet Nam debacle.
Of course, no liberal Justice has ever, ever addressed a gathering of Democrats, socialists, progressives, communists, Marxists...but, I repeat myself.
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