[alstewartfan]

Gorsuch joins the firing squad pointed at the heart of America. What a fool.

[Wallace T.]

The most consistently conservative justices, Alito and Thomas, were selected by the younger and the older Bush, respectively. Both the Bushes and Reagan made both moderate/liberal and conservative choices for the Supreme Court, to balance the competing wings of the Republican Party. However, Trump's choices for the high court, while all considered conservative, have not been nearly as consistent as Alito and Thomas. I don't know if we can blame Trump, as the choices had to be vetted by Senate Republican leader McConnell and the Federalist Society, a member of Conservatism, Inc.

[kearnyirish2]

I’d imagine this is no different than the games Dems play with their Senate majority; once it is clear they have control, they can pretend the “maverick” Sinema is leaving the party - helps her keep her seat, with no real impact on the Dem agenda. Gorsuch was probably well aware the measure would fail before he played “centrist” on this one, and it didn’t change anything - they must remain in Mexico.