Writing in the New Yorker, left-wing "legal analyst" Jeffrey Toobin has delivered some rather high praise for new Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch. The Toobin article is entitled:
How Badly Is Neil Gorsuch Annoying the Other Supreme Court Justices?
Let's be clear, if Toobin is speculating that the other justices are annoyed by Gorsuch (and the whole article is such speculation), it means that Gorsuch has been an effective conservative voice on the Court.
Some of what Toobin says is rather comical. He claims, for example, that Gorsuch is speaking too much at oral arguments. Really? It's "annoying" for a Supreme Court Justice to ask questions? That's actually exactly what all of the Supreme Court Justices do.
Toobin then claims that Gorsuch gave a speech in front of a "political" organization. Even Toobin was not silly enough to leave things at that alone. After all, every justice on the Court has given such speeches. Conservatives tend to speak in front of conservative organizations. Liberals tend to speak in front of liberal organizations. It happens all the time. So Toobin came up with a kicker for this item; it seems that the conference before which Gorsuch spoke was held at (gasp!) the Trump hotel in DC. Oh no!!! Gorsuch was in a meeting in a Trump hotel! Toobin says that the hotel might become embroiled in some litigation about the President and the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. That's nonsensical, however; there is no such case pending before the Court. Even if there were such a case, however, it would not be unethical or improper to speak at a meeting held in that hotel.
Toobin's biggest item is that Gorsuch has agreed on nearly every decision with Justice Thomas. Get that? Gorsuch's positions on cases are very similar to Justice Clarence Thomas'. That is somehow supposed to annoy all of the other justices. Why? If I were a typical liberal, I would think that Toobin is accusing the other justices of racism because they are annoyed that Gorsuch is agreeing with the only black justice.
It's weird that even the far left media like The New Yorker would publish this idiotic article.
How Badly Is Neil Gorsuch Annoying the Other Supreme Court Justices?
Let's be clear, if Toobin is speculating that the other justices are annoyed by Gorsuch (and the whole article is such speculation), it means that Gorsuch has been an effective conservative voice on the Court.
Some of what Toobin says is rather comical. He claims, for example, that Gorsuch is speaking too much at oral arguments. Really? It's "annoying" for a Supreme Court Justice to ask questions? That's actually exactly what all of the Supreme Court Justices do.
Toobin then claims that Gorsuch gave a speech in front of a "political" organization. Even Toobin was not silly enough to leave things at that alone. After all, every justice on the Court has given such speeches. Conservatives tend to speak in front of conservative organizations. Liberals tend to speak in front of liberal organizations. It happens all the time. So Toobin came up with a kicker for this item; it seems that the conference before which Gorsuch spoke was held at (gasp!) the Trump hotel in DC. Oh no!!! Gorsuch was in a meeting in a Trump hotel! Toobin says that the hotel might become embroiled in some litigation about the President and the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. That's nonsensical, however; there is no such case pending before the Court. Even if there were such a case, however, it would not be unethical or improper to speak at a meeting held in that hotel.
Toobin's biggest item is that Gorsuch has agreed on nearly every decision with Justice Thomas. Get that? Gorsuch's positions on cases are very similar to Justice Clarence Thomas'. That is somehow supposed to annoy all of the other justices. Why? If I were a typical liberal, I would think that Toobin is accusing the other justices of racism because they are annoyed that Gorsuch is agreeing with the only black justice.
It's weird that even the far left media like The New Yorker would publish this idiotic article.
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