Posted on 11/06/2017 7:27:16 AM PST by yoe
America’s newest Supreme Court Justice – Neil Gorsuch – has made news in the liberal media – not necessarily for his opinions though.
The media has portrayed the Trump-appointee as pedantic, boorish and juvenile and annoying.
This is hard to square with the praise Gorsuch received from colleagues and former law clerks during his confirmation hearing, writes Elizabeth Slattery in a (commentary) on Heritage.org.
In a recent episode of the Supreme Court podcast “First Mondays,” NPR’s legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg took aim at Gorsuch. First in her crosshairs was his habit of frequently citing the Constitution. She objected to Gorsuch bringing things back to first principles at oral argument. He often prefaces his questions by saying, “Let’s look at what the Constitution says about this … It’s always a good place to start.” This should come as no surprise.
[snip] But it annoys liberals, who want a “modern” interpretation of the Constitution, without the baggage of the historical record.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalistpapers.org ...
They have to tear him down because they fear him, and he is getting way too much praise crossing over into the mushy middle, the realm they are trying to influence.
It’s a silly thing for Totebag to say, but it is also an indictment of Darth Bader Ginsberg and all of the other liberals on the court who swore an oath to the constitution and then promptly discarded it. A person is nothing in this world but their word.
Shut down NPR, sell everything it had, and give the money to the poor.
Yes, and do it through the Declaration of Independence. Cite the Laws of Nature and Nature's God, then cite the preamble to the Constitution as a foil against the Left's abuse of the 14th Amendment and general welfare clauses.
hahaha nice
i tried to watch pbs news last sunday evening but it was shameless 100% pro leftist propaganda.
they are still pushing the trump-russia angle.
Yes. Let’s ignore all the laws passed by Democrats.
ridicule the opposition - it’s what they do...
I have a medical issue. My brother gave me the name of a complex procedure involving DNA sequences in bacteria . And a link for a podcast from NPR. I thanked him for the information on the procedure but told him I would google it as I didn’t take anything serious from NPR.
"The better to know my enemies.", was his response.
Fair Enough, sez me.
Thanks bitt.
Why are we taxpayers still paying this lefty witch’s salary?
"The beauty of being a liberal is that history always begins this morning."
-Ann Coulter
-PJ
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