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More than a decade ago, many Democrats still in office now went along with Gorsuch as he was unanimously confirmed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in July 2006. Things are different today, ahead of his hearing for the highest court in the land.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., expressed deep doubts during a press conference last Wednesday about the nominee and asserted Gorsuch "may act like a neutral, calm judge," but "his record and his career clearly show he harbors a right wing, pro-corporate, special interest agenda."
[...] Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy said he would demand "real answers" to questions he has about Gorsuch's judicial philosophy.
"I hope next week, when the president's Supreme Court nominee will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he provides transparent, truthful answers to Senators' questions," Leahy said in a statement. "I will insist on real answers from Judge Neil Gorsuch, because there are real concerns about his record and his judicial philosophy."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2017, @08:10PM
> If Trump had done something as mind mindbogglingly stupid as nominate a frickin' Progressive activist to the court
Garland was no progressive activist.
He was about as middle of the road as you can get.
Furthermore if Trump started acting like president of all of us, rather than just the president of the tea party, he would have get crazy amounts of cooperation. Just look at how much praise he got for that one state-of-the-unionish speech he made. He kept his shit together for just ONE hour and everybody was falling over themselves to say how great it was, how he was now a real president.
All the sane people are desperate for a president that behaves like a president. Democrats so want to believe that a neo-hitler is not sitting in the white house that just one substantial act of conciliation would have them bending over backwards to reward him.
Of course he won't make any conciliatory gestures because he is a neo-hitler. So the question is moot. But don't fool yourself, democrats would give anything for even the appearance of normalcy.