Heartless? He stood up for the working stiff in that case.
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Follow the money. Where is the money coming from that has put Gorsuch forward? $17M is a good chunk of change.
Yes, well Alito was charming enough, wasnât he, during his confirmation hearings.
Then he reverted to his partisan, and, frankly, fascistic instincts.
I would guess weâll see the same thing with Gorsuch.
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Dems need to filibuster this guy
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But his nameâŚtoo confusingâŚ
No one need have any doubts, concerns or uncertainties about what Gorsuch is now or would be on the Supreme Court - a too clever by half, smarmier version of Scalia. His uses the trademark obnoxious slight i.e. Democrat when the proper form is Democratic and note the ending of his noxious - let the driver freeze decision - (paraphrasing) - You can write your own statute and adorn(!!!) the Federal Statutes with it. Yeah, he is going to be one giant piece of work for an unfortunately long period of time. The at least one Trump âgiftâ that will not go away.
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he is a coy debutante waiting to be âcourtedââŚâlook at meâŚiâm so cuteâ
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Am I the only one who finds the layout of reportings of hearings (from top to bottom most recent to least recent instead of least recent to most recent)?
With most recent to least recent I have to scroll to bottom and then read up instead of simply reading down. Anyone else find this hard to read?
On the other hand, his use of âpointy headedâ was a nice shout out to George Wallace!
While the cloud of illegitimacy hovers over the White House (investigation of Russian ties, violations of the emoluments clause, etc.) no nominee of Trump should be considered. Period. Every Democrat should vote no on every nominee until the questions about the White House are cleared.
(Obviously I know that this means that no Trump nominee will ever be considered.)
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Legally, Garland is still the appointee for that seat on the court. The Senate has just delayed performing their constitutional duty to advise and consent. The constitution also states that all communications from Congress must be in the form of vote tallies. Not doing something is not communication from the senate. So, Garland remains the appointee to the court until the Senate takes a vote and reports that vote to the president.
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Breaking (at least Iâve not seen it on TPM), but very much on topic of âheartless POSâ:
The SCOTUS has just reversed a Gorsuch ruling. Unanimously.
In the middle of his confirmation hearing.
Yes, that means it includes John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Clarence F. Thomas (you can figure out what the F. initial stands for). And a richly-deserved unanimous reversal it was, too, of a heartless POS decision.
Laura Clawson at Daily Kos has details. Story went up about 4 hours ago.
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The fuck. He actually said that?
Speaking of pointy-headed, Neil â may I call you Neil? ThanksâŚ
In reading the tortured, pretzel logic (no offense to Steely Dan) penned by the judge in that case, it occurred to me that the driver deserved to win the case. First, the statute and subsequent regulations expressly forbid the employerâs firing of a driver that ârefuses to operate a vehicle because ⌠the employee has a reasonable apprehension of serious injury to the employee or the public.â Indeed, considering that his employer specifically gave him the option of firing up the engine and literally âdragâ the disabled trailer, rather than abandon it to avoid freezing to death. His refusal to follow that irrational (and dangerous) option should have been enough, even for Judge Gorsuch. Any judge that cannot bring him-/herself to appreciate the health, safety and public welfare intent of the statute in this case, desperately needs a transplant or two.
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Well, thatâs what the Dems are for 
It almost certainly wonât make a difference for the confirmation, but they are making a record.
More must-watch video â Senator Whitehouse ripping Gorsuch, the 5-4 Republican-appointed SCOTUS majority of the last decade or so, and both the current and immediate prior Rethug Congressional majorities a new one (or a new several), over a spree of SCOTUS decisions that benefit (1) âRepublicans at the pollsâ, (2) âBig business pretty much everywhereâ.
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Filibuster the vote on principle, this is Garlandâs place.
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Donât nominations expire at the end of a Congressional session?
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