chris: isn t he entitled just like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but he s key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didn t call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, that s what s going on here. federalist society is going through clearance process, make sure chris: i don t know about that fact, but let me just ask you, so what? i mean, the fact is the federalist society has vetted these people, they are all distinguished jurists, obviously conservative which you don t like but how can you say anybody
paul: dan, what do you make of nile gorsuch s first term? i thought gorsuch began to establish himself as a clear and independent voice and as shapiro was suggesting in interview, nile gorsuch, a young member of the court, probably he will be joined by another young member of the court and some of these younger judges, i think feel that over the years the supreme court has become a lot of the law is unclear in areas like the fourth amendment, possibly in the first amendment as well and i think he s going to spend a lot of his time going forward being the voice of clarity about the constitution on the court and i wouldn t be surprised if the new judge joining him say amy, for instance, from notre dame if she s the nominee, appellate court in dc, will join him in that effort. paul: james, what about the
neil gorsuch, i think is dedicated to and so it really depends on how it fit into his view of the world in certain cases the structural protection be that federalism, separation of powers was important and he was a key vote on the obamacare case, for example, fully in line with striking it all down but in other examples, race versus gonzález, the federal government can regulate plants that you grow in your own backyard, medical marijuana. paul: all right, fair enough. there s inconsistency there. in the balance i would say he did strike he did tend to support cases that helped a clear definition of the separation of powers. but i want to talk about nile gorsuch, first year on the court, very important term. howhow do you think he did? i think he did really well. he very quickly has become my favorite justice. he s the only ph.d on the court and his approach is very
like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but he s key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didn t call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, that s what s going on here. federalist society is going through clearance process, make sure chris: i don t know about that fact, but let me just ask you, so what? i mean, the fact is the federalist society has vetted these people, they are all distinguished jurists, obviously conservative which you don t like but how can you say anybody on that list is out?
paul: dan, what do you make of nile gorsuch s first term? i thought gorsuch began to establish himself as a clear and independent voice and as shapiro was suggesting in interview, nile gorsuch, a young member of the court, probably he will be joined by another young member of the court and some of these younger judges, i think feel that over the years the supreme court has become a lot of the law is unclear in areas like the fourth amendment, possibly in the first amendment as well and i think he s going to spend a lot of his time going forward being the voice of clarity about the constitution on the court and i wouldn t be surprised if the new judge joining him say amy, for instance, from notre dame if she s the nominee, appellate court in dc, will join him in that effort.