Justice Neil Gorsuch Accused of Campaigning for Senator Mitch McConnell

[DonViejo]

Source: Law Newz




by Colin Kalmbacher | 2:52 pm, September 23rd, 2017

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has been accused of campaigning for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Lawyer and writer Jessica Pieklo leveled the accusation against Gorsuch in a series of Twitter updates yesterday. Her initial tweet reads, “Neil Gorsuch is campaigning for Mitch McConnell which is totally appropriate for a member of SCOTUS.”

Link to tweet

That tweet links to an Associated Press article in the Daily Camera. The article focuses on a speech Gorsuch gave in Louisville, Kentucky as to why it’s important that judges have a limited and conservative role in deciding what the law is.

Louisville is McConnell’s hometown and he was in the audience for the speech–a few feet away from the Supreme Court Justice. The speech was given at the University of Louisville, which is McConnell’s alma matter. And, before addressing the crowd, Gorsuch was introduced by the Senate’s top Republican.

Read more: https://lawnewz.com/high-profile/justice-neil-gorsuch-accused-of-campaigning-for-senator-mitch-mcconnell/

[zentrum]

1. What a piece of work he is.

[madaboutharry]

2. He is a smarmy hack.

He doesn't care about The Constitution. He cares about right wing politics. He should have become a politician, because that is what he really is

[SergeStorms]

5. Another one of those "Activist Judges"....

that the Republicans SO ABHOR!

....but only when they're Democrats. It doesn't matter if you're Republican, of course.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Lay the cornerstone

brick by brick the case shall be built

[SunSeeker]

4. He owes Mitch. It was Mitch who stole that SCOTUS seat for him. nt

[Achilleaze]

6. Bingo

That Gorsuch would wink and accept the theft tells you that, sadly for America, he's infested with the notoriously degenerate republican "family values."

[onenote]

7. Don't know if a member of Congress has ever introduced a SCOTUS Justice speech

but wouldn't be surprised. And is Mitch running for something at the moment (his term doesn't end for four years).

There are so many more things to be outraged about than this, which seems like a stretch.