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Time: ‘Does Neil Gorsuch Talk Too Much?’
Newsbusters.org ^ | October 5, 2017 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 10/05/2017 7:27:44 PM PDT by Kaslin

Liberal journalists are worried about Neil Gorsuch. The October 16 issue of Time magazine fretted of the newly-minted conservative Supreme Court justice: “Does Justice Neil Gorsuch talk too much?" Writer Tessa Berenson touted liberal critics complaining about Gorsuch “ruffling some feathers.”

It didn’t take long for the newest member to make his presence known on the Court. Gorsuch, a conservative judge nominated by President Trump and confirmed in April, had been sitting in his first oral argument last spring for just 10 minutes before he asked his first question. Over the next hour, he asked 21 more, posing more questions at his first oral argument than any of his eight colleagues did at theirs. He blew past Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s previous record of 15 questions at her first oral argument, according to Adam Feldman, who runs a blog tracking Supreme Court data.

That’s rare for a freshman justice. By the Court’s unwritten rules, new members are often seen more they are heard. “I think he has ruffled some feathers on the Court,” Garrett Epps, a professor at University of Baltimore School of Law, says of the newest justice.

Eventually, she got to the real question: “In its new term beginning October 2, the Supreme Court will consider many pressing questions. Can a baker refuse to make a cake for a gay wedding? Can states redraw districts to help a political party? And, does Justice Neil Gorsuch talk too much?

Berenson cited another liberal, activist Nan Aaron:

Justices often give speeches to liberal or conservative groups, but Democrats are upset by the optics of Gorsuch’s recent appearances. Generally, Supreme Court justices, whether appointed by Democrats or Republicans, do their best to avoid any outward support for an administration,” says Nan Aron, president of liberal judicial advocacy group Alliance for Justice, who argues Gorsuch has “erased any possibility that he is anything other than a partisan.”

To be fair, the journalist also included some conservative fans of Gorsuch. But how often have Barack Obama’s appointees been chastised for “talking too much?”

When Gorsuch was nominated, outlets such as CBS and the Washington Post fretted that he was either "right" or "far-right." In contrast, Sonia Sotomayor, appointed by Barack Obama, was "not nearly as liberal" as you may have heard.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: appointments; cyperalerts; gorsuchnomination; judicary; neilgorsuch; scotus; slimemagazine
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1 posted on 10/05/2017 7:27:45 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Traitor Roberts became much quieter after his treason...


2 posted on 10/05/2017 7:29:22 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Kaslin

Does the mainstream media talk too much? And, whenever they’re talking, they’re lying. Is that a problem?


3 posted on 10/05/2017 7:31:13 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Kaslin
But Clarence Thomas is criticized by the same people for not asking anything during oral arguments proving his sub-par intellect and legal skills - or at least according to the libs.
4 posted on 10/05/2017 7:33:04 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Especially the Slime magazine.


5 posted on 10/05/2017 7:33:35 PM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: Kaslin
He blew past Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s previous record of 15 questions at her first oral argument, according to Adam Feldman, who runs a blog tracking Supreme Court data.

so, was this question asked about Sotomayor?
6 posted on 10/05/2017 7:34:07 PM PDT by stylin19a (Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
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To: Kaslin

Clearly it’s impossible for a liberal judge to talk too much.


7 posted on 10/05/2017 7:35:51 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Paladin2

You are being unfair to Chief Justice Roberts. He only voted once with the liberal Justices.


8 posted on 10/05/2017 7:36:00 PM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: Kaslin

Yeah but that one vote was the very worst one which impacted millions of lives.


9 posted on 10/05/2017 7:37:45 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: Kaslin

Does Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg sleep too much?

10 posted on 10/05/2017 7:37:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: Kaslin

Oh..let’s see. .. the media.is OK with Sotomayor, the “wise Latina” when she flaps her jaws. Same with Bader DASH Ginsberg, who bears a striking resemblance to the late Gilda Radnor’s character Emily Latella. Double standards? POO POO! It is to laugh.


11 posted on 10/05/2017 7:38:06 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Kaslin; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj

Wasn’t it Ginsberg who’s repeatedly spouted off about things outside her domain?


12 posted on 10/05/2017 7:38:19 PM PDT by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: Kaslin
-BOYCOTT THE NFL!!!!
13 posted on 10/05/2017 7:38:29 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Kaslin
Unwritten rule my arse. Each justice is equal and can ask as many damn questions as they want.
Other than Cheif Justice Roberts, He has a little extra power in trying to herd that group of felines. ;-)
14 posted on 10/05/2017 7:38:58 PM PDT by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: Kaslin

“That’s rare for a freshman justice. By the Court’s unwritten rules, new members are often seen more they are heard. “

NO such thing as a “freshman” Justice. And these “unwritten” rules? Those are also known as swamp gas and are PRECISELY the thing America HATES the DC for.


15 posted on 10/05/2017 7:39:32 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Kaslin; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj

Oh wait, they are mad at him for asking questions? In session?

The media is a disease.


16 posted on 10/05/2017 7:41:19 PM PDT by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: Kaslin

He wrote his own nasty “Opinion”, much different from that of The “Gyrlz”.

He took their votes for his own though.


17 posted on 10/05/2017 7:41:57 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Kaslin

Yeah, probably the most important vote since Roe v Wade. Roberts is a traitor to the constitution. He lived the closet homo life, and finally late in life when it because noteworthy, he got a wife illegally bought a few Irish orphans.

He stabbed every American in the back over healthcare. It’s impossible to be “unfair” to him.


18 posted on 10/05/2017 7:42:41 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Kaslin

He has still been very silent, No?


19 posted on 10/05/2017 7:43:10 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Gay State Conservative
When I was in 11th grade our history teacher told us how William O. Douglas would fall asleep while hearing cases. Even though he was very left of center, I wonder IF Roe v Wade would've turned out differently IF Douglas stayed awake and paid a little more attention? 😞
20 posted on 10/05/2017 7:43:47 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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