[FredZarguna]

Correct, and the talking heads and bloggers saying that he simply followed an 8-1 decision already written by Scalia are whistling past the graveyard, because 4 of the the judges who concurred with Scalia's decision did not believe that it applied to this case, and they didn't side with Gorsuch, either.

This decision is very, very bad news. It will make it virtually impossible to characterize illegal aliens who commit violent felonies as violent, even when their crimes are as egregious as armed robbery or murder.

The remedy, to pass a new immigration law, is completely beyond reach given the composition and rules of the Senate, and frankly, even if McConnell nuked the filibuster, I don't think we'd have enough votes to change the law even then.

I don't blame Trump, but it looks very much like we've been had, again.

[BillyBoy]

>> but it looks very much like we've been had, again. <<

GOP presidents keep setting up the "it doesn't matter what his background or PERSONAL views are, because the judge's JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY is originalist" football, and gullible conservatives keep trying to kick it.

After 40 years of being screwed by so-called "strict constructionist" judges on federal courts, its time to try something new.