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Is "Gorsuch getting disheartened" just a ploy?
 Donald Trump's Twitter rampages might be the best thing to ever happen to Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court hopes. The White House denies it, but according to Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, Gorsuch told him in a private meeting that he's "disheartened" by Donald Trump's attacks on the judiciary. Blumenthal told the story of what happened during an appearance on CNN.
"I said to Judge Gorsuch that I find the attacks on the judiciary absolutely abhorrent and unacceptable and I asked him to express his criticism and to condemn these kinds of public attacks on an independent judiciary. and at that point after some back-and-forth he did say that he found them to be disheartening and demoralizing". Former New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte - who's helping Trump move Gorsuch through the confirmation process - seemed to confirm Gorsuch's remarks in a statement she released this morning. Ayotte said that "[Gorsuch] finds any criticism of a judge's integrity and independence disheartening and demoralizing." Hearing stuff like this is probably reassuring to a lot of liberals. The idea that Trump's Supreme Court pick will stick up to him when Trump gets out of control sounds a lot better than the rubber stamp a lot of them probably expected. But are Democrats being played? Is all this "Gorsuch getting disheartened" talk actually just a way for Republicans to normalize someone who's in reality a very dangerous ideologue? -Thom (What do you think? Tell us here.) |
Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10:30pm... Is Trump About to Come For You & Your Pot? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
The Big Picture: Is Trump About to Come For You & Your Pot?
Big Picture Interview: Trump Vows "Ruthless" War On Drugs
- Lt. Commander Diane Goldstein (Ret.), Law Enforcement Action Partnership (L.E.A.P.) 
Big Picture Panel: Big Government GOP To Revoke Death w/Dignity
- Valerie Ervin, Working Families Party
- Kymone Freeman, We Act Radio/Black Lives Matter DC
Big Picture Fact: Why Europe Is Having a Veggie Shortage |
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: On Stephen Miller Saying "The President Won't Be Questioned"...WHAT!?
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make..."
Big Government Conservatives Want to Throw Out the New Death w/Dignity Law
Law: " Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
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