Gorsuch on SCOTUS Criticisms: ‘Do You Really Want Me Deciding Everything for You?’
Is SCOTUS as divided as so many think? “I read the other day that…I agreed with Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson something like 45 percent of the time,”
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch reminded CBS’s Major Garrett that the court isn’t as divided as people say and too much law is bad for America.
Curtis Houk of Newsbusters described the interview perfectly: A master class.
“I read the other day that…I agreed with Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson something like 45 percent of the time,” said Gorsuch. “That’s the court I know.”
I swear, the war against SCOTUS has brought the justices closer despite ideological differences.
When asked about Roe v. Wade, Gorsuch reminded Garrett of the importance of the rule and how people can disagree.
Dobbs didn’t outlaw abortion. SCOTUS found that it didn’t exist in the Constitution and left it up to the states.
“I would say those are deeply complex legal questions on which reasonable minds can, of course, and do disagree,” explained Gorsuch. “And that when it comes to Roe v. Wade, for example, what did the court decide? Decided that we the people should answer that question, not nine people sitting in Washington, D.C.”
Just a master class schooling by Justice Neil Gorsuch when whacked from the left by CBS's Major Garrett.
Gorusch: "I read the other day that…I agreed with Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson something like 45 percent of the time. That’s the court I know."… pic.twitter.com/PdGR3IHlq6
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 5, 2024
Garrett confronted Gorsuch with complaints from feminists about how overturning Roe “ripped away” something from them.
Gorsuch had the golden answer: sovereignty. Too many people have been relying on SCOTUS lately.
“I would say that we’re taking it back to you. In a democracy, you’re in the driver’s seat,” stressed Gorsuch. “You’re the sovereign. Those famous three first words of the Constitution empower you. Do you really want me deciding everything for you?”
But what about the women who live in states that have restricted abortion access?
Gorsuch didn’t take the bait.
“Major, all I can say is I don’t know better than you do on these questions,” said Gorsuch. “And that most major western democracies have decided these questions through the ballot box.”
CBS's Major Garrett: "And, for those who would say but I feel something’s been ripped away from me, you would say?"
Justice Neil Gorsuch: "I would say that we’re taking it back to you. In a democracy, you’re in the driver’s seat. You’re the sovereign. Those famous three first… pic.twitter.com/OaTq1OnQSC
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 5, 2024
Gorsuch also pushed back against the narrative that SCOTUS should do what the public wants instead of its job, which is to interpret the Constitution:
“You raise a really interesting question about the place that unelected judges have in a democracy. An independent judiciary, our founders fought a revolution for it because they knew what it was like to have a judiciary that was responsive to the crown, to a whimsical king. They didn’t want that for this country. And the truth is, when you’re the man on the dock, you don’t want it either.”
A little later on, this was an outstanding answer to whether the Court needs to alter its business to reflect what the "public" wants
CBS's Major Garrrett: "Does the Court today or in the future have to understand and care about its public perception?"
Justice Neil Gorsuch:… pic.twitter.com/XSeGHcvkSt
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 5, 2024
Gorsuch addressed the topic on Sunday, given President Joe Biden and the left’s desire to “reform” SCOTUS. He said what I’ve said: be careful what you wish for.
“It’s there for the moments when the spotlight’s on you, when the government’s coming after you,” Gorsuch told Shannon Bream. “And don’t you want a ferociously independent judge and a jury of your peers to make those decisions? Isn’t that your right as an American?”
Gorsuch added: “And so I just say, be careful.”
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Yes! If your lefty globalist commie like 46% of the country unfortunately
correct
and 46%???
higher than that
rinos are backing up the leftists
Sheldon (twitchy) Whitehouse doesn’t like this guy.
He’s too smart
Read Gorsuch’s dissent in Gamble
True fidelity to the constitution
Democracy is the worse form of government. It always ends with demagogues running everything.
“… except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
They don’t want Gorsuch making all the decisions. They want to pack the court and then have all the people who’ve marginalized Gorsuch’s voice on the Court, make all the decisions.
Democrats want what the progressive left has attained in Israel: A kind of Legal Junta.
You, Justice Gorsuch? Of course they don’t. That’s why their wish list for “reform” includes packing the court and imposing term limits, so they can have their people deciding everything for all of us.
A metric butt-ton of people in this country need to go shopping for a country that does things the way they want, instead of ruining this one trying to make it something the majority don’t want.
There’s almost 200 other countries to choose from, utopians — most much closer to what you want, and no dount easier to push the rest of the way. Let us know how it works out.
Bostock v. Clayton County. Remember that runny turd of a decision, when Gorsuch found Title VII protected against “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity” even though it was found nowhere in the statute? There was no legal or Constitutional basis for Gorsuch’s decision: he simply made it up because he wanted to.
Gorsuch will likely be another Antony Kennedy, with a growing taste for favorable headlines driving him increasingly leftward.
Bostock was an indefensible opinion. That is certain.
I have agreed nearly 100% with Gorsuch’s opinions and dissents – with the exception of Bostock.
Gamble – true fidelity to the constitution
Bostock was bad
Aren’t Kavanaugh and Barrett well ahead of Gorsuch when it comes to writing or supporting bad opinions?
senility and dementia have so far worked in Leftys favor
Funny, these questions were never asked when the progressives had a supermajority on the Court.
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