Special Nomination Announcement SCOTUS Brief 1/31/2017
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- For everything you need to know about President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch visit: www.confirmgorsuch.com.
ConfirmGorsuch.com: Everything you need to know about Pres. Trump’s Nominee
- The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes writes that President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch is known as a proponent of “originalism,” like the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Washington Post: Neil Gorsuch naturally equipped for his spot on Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist
“But those who know Gorsuch and have studied his decade of solidly conservative opinions on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit say he more resembles the man he would replace — the late Justice Antonin Scalia — than the more moderate Kennedy. Like Scalia, Gorsuch is a proponent of originalism — meaning that judges should attempt to interpret the words of the Constitution as they were understood at the time they were written — and a textualist who considers only the words of the law being reviewed, not legislators’ intent or the consequences of the decision…‘The great project of Justice Scalia’s career was to remind us of the differences between judges and legislators,’ Gorsuch told an audience at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland. Legislators ‘may appeal to their own moral convictions and to claims about social utility to reshape the law as they think it should be in the future,’ Gorsuch said. But ‘judges should do none of these things in a democratic society.’ Instead, they should use ‘text, structure and history’ to understand what the law is, ‘not to decide cases based on their own moral convictions or the policy consequences they believe might serve society best.”
- The Denver Post editorial board encouraged President Trump to nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as our next Supreme Court Justice.
Denver Post Editorial: Trump would do well to consider Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
“Neil Gorsuch is a federal judge in Denver with Western roots and a reputation for being a brilliant legal mind and talented writer. Those who have followed Gorsuch’s career say that from his bench in the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals he has applied the law fairly and consistently, even issuing provocative challenges to the Supreme Court to consider his rulings…But in considering Gorsuch’s body of work and reputation — and yes, we like his ties to Colorado as well — we hope Trump gives him the nod. We are not afraid of a judge who strictly interprets the Constitution based solely on the language and intent of our nation’s founders, as long as he is willing to be consistent even when those rulings conflict with his own beliefs…A justice who does his best to interpret the Constitution or statute and apply the law of the land without prejudice could go far to restore faith in the highest court of the land…And while Democrats will surely be tempted to criticize the nomination of anyone Trump appoints, they’d be wise to take the high road and look at qualifications and legal consistency rather than political leanings.”
- Erick Erickson writes in the Resurgent that Judge Gorsuch “is the one nominee who matches Antonin Scalia’s intellectual pedigree and will unite all the factions within the Republican Party.”
The Resurgent: Meet the New Supreme Court Justice
“Neil Gorsuch, a judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, will be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, according to a ton of sources inside and outside the White House. He graduated from Harvard Law School and has a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University. He has written extensively on life issues and euthanasia. Justice Scalia was a huge fan of Neil Gorsuch and appreciated his rise through the judiciary. Judge Gorsuch is the one nominee who matches Antonin Scalia’s intellectual pedigree and will unite all the factions within the Republican Party. This is a very wise move by President Trump. Even his most ardent critics on the right will have to commend President Trump for this nomination. It is rock solid.”
