Neil Gorsuch: An Eloquent Intellectual

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Hoover Institute :

Neil Gorsuch: An Eloquent Intellectual

by Michael McConnell

via Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

Monday, February 6, 2017

 

 

Within hours of the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States, the battle lines had already formed. Leftwing groups were reflexively opposed—as they would oppose any Republican nominee. Right-leaning groups rallied in support. It became almost impossible to separate truth from falsehood, analysis from spin.

 

I served on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals with Judge Gorsuch for over three years, before moving to Stanford University to teach constitutional law. He and I sat together on almost 50 cases of every description. We did not always agree. But Neil Gorsuch is a man of intelligence, independence, and integrity. In my opinion, he is a superb choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Court. In normal times, he would be swiftly and easily confirmed. Alas, these are not normal times.

 

Qualifications and Qualities of Mind

 

Gorsuch has impeccable and impressive qualifications for the High Court: a law degree from Harvard, a doctorate in legal philosophy from Oxford, Supreme Court clerkships with moderate Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, private practice with one of the most respected law firms

 

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Charles Schumer: Judge Gorsuch, We Won’t Be Fooled Again

By CHARLES E. SCHUMERFEB. 10, 2017

 

Just three weeks in, the Trump administration has tested the limits of executive power, violated the separation of powers and shaken the very roots of the Constitution. A particular theme of President Trump’s first days in office has been contempt for the judicial branch as a check on his authority: He criticized individual judges, preemptively blamed them for all future terrorist attacks and ridiculed the court system as “disgraceful.”

 

Given the administration’s disdain for the judiciary, any nominee to the Supreme Court,

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/sunday/charles-schumer-judge-gorsuch-we-wont-be-fooled-again.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=opinion

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DNC Candidate Keith Ellison Wants Full Democrat Filibuster on Gorsuch Nomination…

Posted on February 11, 2017 by sundance

 

During the last of the DNC regional forum’s today in Baltimore Maryland, leading candidate Keith Ellison outlines why every non-Democrat should hope he wins the chairmanship.

 

Ellison’s expressed approach is that Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch should be filibustered by all Senate Democrats. This is Keith Ellison’s strategy:

 

BALTIMORE – […] Ellison said Democrats should filibuster Gorsuch’s confirmation after Republicans refused to consider Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama‘s nominee for the seat.

 

“We have to oppose Gorsuch at every millimeter, and the reason why is Republicans stole a Democratic seat,” he said. “We cannot capitulate to that kind of bullying. They’re the ones who broke the rules.”

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/02/11/dnc-candidate-keith-ellison-wants-full-democrat-filibuster-on-gorsuch-nomination/