Posted on 11/17/2017 9:56:10 PM PST by EliRoom8
Many voters who said they had reservations about supporting Donald Trump for president cited the U.S. Supreme Court as the No. 1 reason they chose him over Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.
If their desire was to see the court filled with justices who share the judicial philosophy of the late Antonin Scalia, they must be pleased with the record so far of Justice Neil Gorsuch and the pledge the Trump appointee made at a dinner Thursday night in honor of Scalia.
Tonight I can report that a person can be both a publicly committed originalist and textualist and be confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States, Gorsuch said at the dinner, held by the Federalist Society at Union Station in Washington, D.C., the Washington Examiner reported.
Originalism has regained its place at the table
textualism has triumphed
and neither one is going anywhere on my watch.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
There’s been a spiritual abdication, leaving the Court in an awkward position.
This is a faith problem whose answer must start in homes and churches. Its answer can’t start in the halls of government.
Trump should replace the American Bar Association vetting of Supreme Court justices with the Federalist Society.
Brilliant.
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At least giving both a voice
lol
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