Posted on 06/26/2017 4:42:45 PM PDT by Pinkbell
On Monday, Justice Neil Gorsuch revealed himself to be everything that liberals had most feared: pro-gun, pro–travel ban, anti-gay, anti–church/state separation. He is certainly more conservative than Justice Samuel Alito and possibly to the right of Justice Clarence Thomas. He is an uncompromising reactionary and an unmitigated disaster for the progressive constitutional project. And he will likely serve on the court for at least three more decades.
Although Gorsuch has barely been on the bench for two months, he has already had an opportunity to weigh in on some of the most pressing constitutional issues of our time. In each case, he has chosen the most conservative position. On Monday, Gorsuch indicated that he opposes equal rights for same-sex couples, dissenting from a ruling that requires states to list same-sex parents on birth certificates. (Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito joined his dissent.) That, alone, is startling: In Obergefell v. Hodges, the court held that the Constitution compels states to grant same-sex couples “the constellation” of “rights, benefits, and responsibilities” that “the states have linked to marriage,” including “birth and death certificates.”
Obergefell, then, already settled this issue. Gorsuch’s dissent suggests he may not accept Obergefell as settled law and may instead seek to undermine or reverse it. Gorsuch also joined Thomas in dissenting from the court’s refusal to review a challenge to California’s concealed carry laws. California grants concealed carry permits for “good cause”—namely, a “particularized need, substantiated by documentary evidence, to carry a firearm for self-defense.” Gun advocates challenged this rule, alleging a violation of the Second Amendment. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the California regime, and on Monday, the court declined to reconsider its decision...
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
The article goes on and concludes at the end:
When Trump first nominated Gorsuch, I was relieved he hadn’t picked an outright lunatic, and I felt cautiously optimistic that Gorsuch might be less of a hard-line conservative than liberals believed. I was wrong. Gorsuch is the worst kind of justice. He is a reactionary who dresses up his cruel, antediluvian views in folksy charm; who professes restraint while espousing extreme, sweeping views; who has no sympathy for vulnerable minorities but believes Christians are being oppressed. And he will guide the course of the law for the next 30 years or more. He is a catastrophe for proponents of civil rights and equal justice. And his influence over the court only stands to grow.
In related news, FReeper Pinkbell, who expressed skepticism about Gorsuch, joyfully eats crow today.
Yes. Yes. And Trump is all they feared and more, too.
Delightful.
Isn’t bearing arms one of our “civil liberties?”
“He is a catastrophe for proponents of civil rights and equal justice. And his influence over the court only stands to grow. “
Over the target and taking flak; Judge Gorsuch is our guy. :)
When was the last time a Democrat nominated a less than flaming liberal to the court?
Good point.
What are you suggesting? Rape?
Slate doesn’t like him? Proof positive he is the right man for SCOTUS. Slate’s probably crying, because legalization of pedophilia ain’t going to happen this year.
I think perhaps you posted your comment on the wrong thread.
Best thing I have read all day. SLATE melting down. AWESOME!
WTF is the "progressive constitutional project"?
Double delight in a good helping of Schadenfreude
washed down with snowflake tears.
to the accompaniment of ululations from the dims girlymen.
Ah.
The "progressive constitutional project".
By all means, let's hear more about this "project".
That's the one where liberals get to pencil in any damn thing they want and it becomes part of the Constitution.
Wait for President Trump’s 2nd and 3rd USSC picks.....
Liberal heads will explode and the Republic will be safe for 40 years.....
Wait for President Trump’s 2nd and 3rd USSC picks.....
Liberal heads will explode and the Republic will be safe for 40 years.....
HOORAY Neil Gorsuch
who professes restraint while espousing extreme, sweeping views;
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Upholding the Constitution is extreme to the liberals.
Thanks for posting the happy news.
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