Democrats playing games with Gorsuch nomination for court
The first 100 days of any presidency are always widely observed and highly scrutinized, and President Donald Trump’s, one might say, has been met with opposition from both his detractors and the media.
Recently, the president delivered on his “drain the swamp” promise and appointed the highly qualified U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch.
Unfortunately, Gorsuch has become a proverbial political “football” thrown by hypocritical Democratic senators on Capitol Hill, claiming they have “serious doubts” because Gorsuch does not fit within their liberal legal mainstream. They erroneously claim Gorsuch sided with corporations over working people, had hostility toward women’s rights and holds an ideological approach to jurisprudence.
Gorsuch’s record proves he is collegial, fairminded and applies the law justifiably. He is not only a justice in the mold of the late Antonin Scalia; he is a champion of the original intent of our nation’s most sacred document, and considers fidelity to the constitutional text the cornerstone of his method.
In fact, his credentials are so stellar that Gorsuch was previously confirmed by the Senate to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, where he has served for over a decade.
Among the senators who confirmed Gorsuch is Florida Sen. Bill Nelson. He recently claimed to need “a full examination” to confirm the judge. However, in March of last year [when Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination was held up by Senate Republicans], Nelson said: “The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court and I take that responsibility very seriously.”
So, what would make him object to confirming Gorsuch this time around?
Nelson by now must know that Lady Justice is blind. She does not know Republican. She does not know Democrat. She is guided by one thing and one thing only — the U.S. Constitution. And Gorsuch’s record has been ethical, impartial, true to the letter of the law and never reflective of partisan politics.
The American people have spoken and the 2016 election cycle was a mandate, not only on fixing a dysfunctional D.C., but on the Supreme Court as well.