In the Judiciary Committee, to review his credentials and record on the tenth circuit, and before that. I would particularly like to recognize the outstanding work done by every democratic member of the Judiciary Committee. They were just outstanding in questioning judge gorsuch despite his lack of candor and desire to answer. And id like to particularly call out our exceptional Ranking Member, senator feinstein, whos done a wonderful job leading that committee. Now ive thought long and hard about this nomination and what it means for the future of the Supreme Court and the future of our country. What is at stake is considerable. The decisions we make here in the senate over the next few weeks about judge gorsuch, as on any Supreme Court nominee, will echo through the lifetime tenure of that judge through a generation of americans. Discussions of the Supreme Court can get wonky and technical with invocations of precedent, canons of interpretation. What is at stake, however, is not at a
I dont believe he deserves to be elevated to a lifetime appointment. I listen to my friend the majority leader each morning. Since the beginning of this congress, he has chopped up every democratic request or objection in this body to sour , some leftover resentment from the election. Its just not true, but he keeps trying. Now he is trying the same strategy with judge gorsuch. He repeatedly cites a quote by a friend of the judge who, of course, said there is no principled reason to oppose this nomination. It must be, politics. That is what the majority leader concludes. I respectfully but wholeheartedly disagree with the majority leader on this point. There are several principled reasons to oppose judge gorsuchs nomination. First, judge gorsuch was unable to sufficiently convince me that he would be an independent check on the president , who has shown almost no restraint from executive overreach. He could not point to a single thing in his record to guarantee independence, and he ref
More than two months after being nominated, judge neil gorsuch was approved friday to become the associate justice on the u. S. Supreme court. They justice incident Antonin Scalia a died last year. The socalled Nuclear Option lowered the voting threshold for Supreme Court nominees during a key procedural vote here we will show you some of the debates on neil gorsuch and the proposed change. This is about one hour. We have seen impressive credentials, we have reviewed his incredible record, we have heard glowing praise on a nearly daily basis. From students and judges, newspaper editorials, democrats, and republicans. Judge gorsuch is independent and he is fair. He is beyond qualified and he will make a stellar addition to the Supreme Court. Hardly anyone in the Legal Community seems to argue otherwise and yet our democratic app colleagues are poised to block this incredible moment a with the First Successful partisan filibuster in american history. It would be a radical moved in the so
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