The problem is that Gorsuch is effectively a pro-corporatist shill--which is why he got the spot ITFP. That is an aspect of this whole thing that a lot of people miss--it isn't JUST about abortion. There is a whole slew of things that the GoP wishes to do away with that these people would be behind because of their ideological position as "originalists."
The problem is that Gorsuch is effectively a pro-corporatist shill--which is why he got the spot ITFP. That is an aspect of this whole thing that a lot of people miss--it isn't JUST about abortion. There is a whole slew of things that the GoP wishes to do away with that these people would be behind because of their ideological position as "originalists."
That's exactly correct! Gorsuch (who is from CO and I am familiar with his family) is at least an experienced jurist. But he is part of the ideology of "originalist" which aims to raze the social safety net and social contract of the country.
BTW, "originalist" -- which Scalia raised to hide behind when indulging his own activism, while bemoaning the 9th circuit "activists" -- is not accurate the way it is used. The SCOTUS Republicans are no more honest than congressional ones and statehouse ones, especially in justifying their dishonest and unconstitutional behaviors. "Originalist" is Scalia meant "my interpretation." Kind of like the Marbury v Madison court which made itself the final arbiter over much more than the Constitution gave it to decide.
Even then an actually originalist reading of the Constitution isn't something that many contemporary Americans would actually like.
The contemporary US is largely a creation of the Civil War and it overturned a lot of the original concept of the US (because the original concept failed and failed pretty hard).
The problem is that Gorsuch is effectively a pro-corporatist shill--which is why he got the spot ITFP. That is an aspect of this whole thing that a lot of people miss--it isn't JUST about abortion. There is a whole slew of things that the GoP wishes to do away with that these people would be behind because of their ideological position as "originalists."
That's exactly correct! Gorsuch (who is from CO and I am familiar with his family) is at least an experienced jurist. But he is part of the ideology of "originalist" which aims to raze the social safety net and social contract of the country.
BTW, "originalist" -- which Scalia raised to hide behind when indulging his own activism, while bemoaning the 9th circuit "activists" -- is not accurate the way it is used. The SCOTUS Republicans are no more honest than congressional ones and statehouse ones, especially in justifying their dishonest and unconstitutional behaviors. "Originalist" is Scalia meant "my interpretation." Kind of like the Marbury v Madison court which made itself the final arbiter over much more than the Constitution gave it to decide.
That is why it was "originalist."
Even then an actually originalist reading of the Constitution isn't something that many contemporary Americans would actually like.
The contemporary US is largely a creation of the Civil War and it overturned a lot of the original concept of the US (because the original concept failed and failed pretty hard).
I hadn't connected that. Good point.