03-22-2017, 09:59 AM
(03-21-2017, 07:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Thought I'd bump this because his confirmation is going on today. From the bits I've seen he seems pretty down the middle. Shurmer has said no Dems are sold on him and pointing to the reason being as he "hasn't answered questions". There is also talk the the GOP made a mistake by not going more conservative. The reason being that if the Dems are not going to get behind someone as close to center as Gorsuch, then what would it had mattered.
I also heard it was humorous to watch Al Franken try to go toe to toe with him on Constitutional Law
I don't know if I'd consider him "down the middle." He's a textualist, and considered to be more conservative than Scalia if you look at JCS.
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