[BillyBoy]

I find interesting that those defending Gorsuch being the LONE GOP justice to vote with the 4 DemocRat judges on SCOTUS keep claiming that criticizing Gorsuch's vote means you're helping the NeverTrump crowd, and Gorusch was simply voting the same way as Scalia did. Obviously, President Trump himself disagrees and rightfully called out Gorsuch for his betrayal.

[trebb]

Yep - Gorsuch is expected to do the right thing - not be a partisan toady....besides, it’s Congress’ law that doesn’t come up to snuff - they always obfuscate and leave a dozen facets that can be ‘interpreted” to suit the political winds of the day instead of just coming out with clean and clear laws.

[zeugma]

Posted this on another thread. Seems apropos here as well.

While I didn't read through the entire opinion and dissent, I scanned through it for the main arguments involved. As such, I'd have to say the dissenters had the right of the case overall. That said, there is also something to be said with slapping down congress for abdicating its responsibilities in actually writing clear and understandable law. Far too often they write some nebulous crap and let executive agencies and the courts actually define what the law means.

IF Goresuch is consistent in this line of reasoning, it's ultimately a win for us. (imagine some of the really vague EPA stuff for example) If, however, he is only interested in applying that reasoning for cases involving illegals, then not so much. Ultimately, it's going to take time to get a handle on his judicial philosophy.

I think people interested in restraining the scope of government are freaking out prematurely, and the left is crowing prematurely as well.

[Sacajaweau]

Trump got it right...Congress is the culprit.