Trump made many conservatives happy with his Supreme Court pick Judge Neil Gorsuch, but he might be regretting it today when the staunch originalist criticized the prezzy’s comments about the federal judge that halted his ban.
From the Washington Post:
President Trump’s escalating attacks on the judicial branch drew denunciation Wednesday from his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, who told lawmakers that the attacks were “demoralizing” and “disheartening” to the independence of the federal courts.
“He certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by President Trump about the judiciary,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D- Conn.) told reporters after meeting privately with Gorsuch.
Gorsuch’s comments to Blumenthal were confirmed by Ron Bonjean, a member of the judge’s “sherpa” team, a group of aides tasked with helping him navigate the confirmation process.
This is actually really good news for those of us who are critical of Trump – if you’re really scared of his authoritarian tendencies, and they’re definitely there, then you should LOVE his pick of Gorsuch because he won’t rubber stamp what Trump wants. He will actually challenge the expansion of the executive power because he’s a real originalist.
But, that only happens if Gorsuch is confirmed. There will definitely be reason to be alarmed if Trump pulls his nomination over this – but he would never do that.
Here’s when Trump criticized the “so-called” judge:
The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
And then Pence defended him doing it.
At least Gorsuch is more honest than Pencey.