LF: Trump selects Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court

Title: Trump selects Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court
Source: WoodTV 8
URL Source: http://woodtv.com/2017/01/31/who-is ... ck-announcement-tuesday-night/
Published: Jan 31, 2017
Author: JULIE PACE and MARK SHERMAN, Associated
Post Date: 2017-01-31 20:37:22 by Hondo68
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Views: 6295
Comments: 30

President Donald Trump, Judge Neil Gorsuch, U.S. Supreme Court nominee

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to announce Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. Gorsuch stands with his wife Louise.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated federal appeals judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

The 49-year-old Gorsuch has served on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver since 2006, after being appointed by President George W. Bush. He once worked at the Supreme Court as a law clerk.

If approved by the Senate, Gorsuch would take the seat left vacant since Justice Antonin Scalia died last year. Republicans refused to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee for the seat, saying the choice should go Obama’s successor.

He would be the youngest justice since Clarence Thomas joined the court in 1991 at age 43.

Trump made the announcement Tuesday in a prime-time address from the White House.

I encourage the U.S. Senate to confirm Judge Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
— A.G. Bill Schuette (@SchuetteOnDuty) February 1, 2017

Excellent pick. However the demoncrats will have their knives sharpened to find some college hazing scandal or that he drinks the blood of Muslims in some secret society. It's coming. It's coming I'm here to tell you.

He was the majority opinion on the Hobby Lobby AHA contraception decision. So obviously he will be painted as anti choice, anti women's reproductive health (whatever that means...yes abortion) and obviously a misogynist to boot. So he hates women...totally hates them.

He will be anti Muslim of course because he defended religious liberty. According to demoncrats that means he decided cases favoring Christians. Which of course means he opposes separation of church and state. Which is a total disaster for liberals. Terrible I tell you.

I'm sure there is more. Perhaps he stayed with his wife at a Trump resort 20 years ago on their honeymoon, which means a huge conflict of interest. Huge I tell you.

Are the 10 Dem senators up for reelection in 2018 willing to gamble over something that is already a given? These Senators come from states where Trump won a heavy county majority.

Are these same senators willing to hear how Obama's nominees for SCOTUS were not blocked by GOP senators for the liberal "seats" on the court?

I'm thinking no. I'm thinking if they were smart they would save filibuster in their quiver if a liberal judge retires or dies.

Another evil alternative occurred to me. As the GOP controls the White House and both houses, as a last alternative, the two houses could move to adjourn sine die, do so, and declare themselves in recess. The President could drain the swamp of all Obama appointees and make all the Acting appointments he chooses. And then he could call the Congress back into session.

It sounds absolutely despicable, would make liberal heads explode, and yield very bad press.

When the Dems boycotted a Senate committee hearing today, Sen. Orrin Hatch invoked a rule to proceed without them, and proceed they did. Rex Tillerson got approved for State, along with some others I believe.

LOL. Reminds me of how the Soviets stormed out of the security council vote in protest over Korea. When they left the room the US called for a vote.