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Supreme Court Nominee - Neil M. Gorsuch |OT|
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From his wiki page
In writing his opinion for Hugo Rosario Gutierrez-Brizuela v. Loretta E. Lynch, Gorsuch postulated that the 1984 case of Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., which gives federal agencies (and not the courts) the authority to interpret ambiguous laws and regulations, should be reconsidered.[23] In his opinion, Gorsuch wrote that the practice of administrative deference established by the Chevron case is "more than a little difficult to square with the Constitution of the framers' design."[24] The impact of an overturn of the Chevron case would be to shift power from federal agencies to the courts.[23]
A judge who wants federal agencies in favor of courts seems like someone who is needed on the SCOTUS right now.
Nothing on abortion which probably means pro-life but doesn't really care.
In writing his opinion for Hugo Rosario Gutierrez-Brizuela v. Loretta E. Lynch, Gorsuch postulated that the 1984 case of Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., which gives federal agencies (and not the courts) the authority to interpret ambiguous laws and regulations, should be reconsidered.[23] In his opinion, Gorsuch wrote that the practice of administrative deference established by the Chevron case is "more than a little difficult to square with the Constitution of the framers' design."[24] The impact of an overturn of the Chevron case would be to shift power from federal agencies to the courts.[23]
A judge who wants federal agencies in favor of courts seems like someone who is needed on the SCOTUS right now.
Nothing on abortion which probably means pro-life but doesn't really care.
OrangeGrayBlue
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So for someone familiar with the guy, if you absolutely had to pick is he better or worse than Scalia?
Edit- whereby "better" means not as conservative as Scalia was.
Edit- whereby "better" means not as conservative as Scalia was.
Mr. Blonde
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He's an originalist that doesn't want to use the court to legislate.
The Lone Courier
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What does Mel Kiper think of this pick?
Arrogant Bastard
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He is Scalia, take that for what it is.
Worse, cause he is gonna be there for another 30 years. He is Scalia's protege, they are effectively the same in regards to judicial philosophy.
Better. But still bad.
Jibbajabbawockky
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I dunno... I feel like the Dems are wasting their time if they go all in on Gorsuch. If they want to pick a fight and make a stand, you do it with whoever Trump nominates to replace a liberal justice that'll swing the Court more than this does.
legacyzero
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"IMPARTIALITY"
Uh-huh
Uh-huh
Understand that among legal academia that Scalia's originalism is a running joke because in practice it means "whatever the framers intended unless its devastating to.my case, in which case what I say goes."
Mr. Blonde
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He's more like Thomas than Scalia. Scalia was too political for my tastes at times.
See above.
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What do you consider an example of the court legislating?
Advocatus Diaboli
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It's not that, I suspect. It's that, based on who the possible alternatives were, he's not the worst. We were never getting a progressive justice, and this guy's apparently better than Pryor.
According to most analysis' of his ideological stances, he falls pretty firmly in Scalia's spot in the SCOTUS.
Like Scalia, he will be the second most conservative judge on the court.
pirateluigi
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Better than I was expecting
metalslimer
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What does using the court to legislate mean
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Filibuster him now.
Then filibuster again when they try to replace a liberal justice.
This is the only power dems really have.
Hm. Well, could've been far worse, I suppose.
Saint Gregory
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My issue with Scalia was never that he was super conservative, it was that he was super conservative and also dog whistle racist every chance he could get. As long as this guy isn't like that I'll live with it.
There was no recess. Senate republicans held emergency sessions for 10 minutes every day to deny him the opportunity.
Goose_Se7en
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Gorsuch's wife is hot. Lol I'm so silly
If we can get together to kick Trump out of office (unlikely), I hope he's right.
If you put a gun to my head and made me pick I'd take him over Scalia. I can see him voting basically identically to Roberts.
UberTag
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The gossip is that Kennedy might be more inclined to step down and retire now that Gorsuch has been picked seeing how Gorsuch clerked for him.
What he means is that he doesn't really believe the court should void unconstitutional laws passed by congress.
Courts legislating is right-wing doublespeek.
Oh great, even worse.
Arrogant Bastard
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If you disagree with me it is legislating/activist judge, if you agree its proper jurisprudence.
Ask originalists how they feel about Brown v Board of Education.
Great, so you favor a radically strict legal interpretation of the Constitution that's believed by a laughably small percentage of the profession. At least it's a consistent doctrine.
The German supreme court has a term limit of 12 years and judges have to retire once they reach the age of 68.
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jellies_two
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He is an episcopalian who sides with religion.
He is against legal euthanasia, as all life has intrinsic worth. Better read his book on it I guess.
He is ok with defunding planned parenthood where religious beliefs are mixed in.
If you want to build a white Christian theocracy as Bannon does he would be an ally? Especially with a constitution that is not going to be allowed any adaptation for modern times.
He is against legal euthanasia, as all life has intrinsic worth. Better read his book on it I guess.
He is ok with defunding planned parenthood where religious beliefs are mixed in.
If you want to build a white Christian theocracy as Bannon does he would be an ally? Especially with a constitution that is not going to be allowed any adaptation for modern times.
Time will tell
My dog looks more presidential than Trump.
Arrogant Bastard
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Roe v. Wade doesn't need to be over-turned, it is being pushed out across the country. Look at access to abortion in Texas, Oklahoma, etc.
You don't have to overturn the decision to get rid of access to abortion.
EatinOlives
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He, along with everyone else, made the grave mistake of thinking Clinton had this in the bag so he didn't feel he needed to really push anything.
Seth Enosh
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Even if there had been a recess, the senate can end a recess appointment as long as it's working with the house and president. It's as simple as the Congress calling itself into recess, waiting a few days, and then having the president call it back into session. All recess appointments then expire and lose their positions.
Obama had no possibility to get Garland on the court for longer than a week or two and then Garland would have lost his important position on the court of appeals.
Doc Holliday
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Look at all these smug bastards
I was under the impression you don't actually need a 24 hour period after sessions to do a recess appointment. But it sounds like I might be wrong. In which case sorry Obama for telling you to fuck off.
Flying Toaster
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He looks a lot like Roberts. I can handle that.
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