Neil Gorsuch takes first of 2 oaths, prepares to join court

[Initech]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surrounded by family and his soon-to-be Supreme Court colleagues, Neil Gorsuch took the first of two oaths on Monday as he prepared to take his seat on the court and restore its conservative majority.

The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado is being sworn in after a bruising fight that saw Republicans change the rules for approving high court picks — over the fierce objection of Democrats.

The first ceremony took place privately in the Justices' Conference Room, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering the oath required by the Constitution. Gorsuch placed his hand on the family Bible held by his wife, Louise. His two daughters watched, along with all eight of the current justices and most of their spouses.

Also in attendance was Maureen Scalia, widow of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and her eldest son Eugene, said court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.

Later, Gorsuch will appear at a public White House ceremony, where Justice Anthony Kennedy is to administer a second oath in which Gorsuch will pledge to administer justice impartially and "do equal right to the poor and to the rich." Gorsuch, who once clerked for Kennedy, will be the first member of the court to serve alongside his former boss.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! The fucking assholes did it. They got their god damned seat. May it be forever cursed.

[orangecrush]

1. Goodbye

To any pretense of justice, equality and fair play in this country.

We are witnessing the installation of an autocracy.

[Initech]

2. Yup, the GOP's coup is complete.

[dalton99a]

5. Indeed.

[Yo_Mama]

21. Scalia is replaced by Gorsuch, and little changes on the court and in the country.

It's not this justice nomination, but the next, that may materially change matters.

[orangecrush]

23. Truth

Time will tell.

[LakeArenal]

3. Another black day in America..

[dalton99a]

4. "do equal right to the poor and to the rich"

on what planet?

[mountain grammy]

6. Disgusting, no, really disgusting..

I'm beyond angry about this.

[Initech]

7. Yeah I want to put my boot up Mitch McConnell's ass right now.

[Equinox Moon]

8. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

This is the worst!!!!!! I can't even think about it, it is so devastating. I only read the title of the post.






Our rights just died.

[flamingdem]

9. I have some "oaths" I'd like to

say to him

[Txbluedog]

10. Stop overreacting

This is the same majority they had a year ago. The same court that approved gay marriage. Nothing changes until one of the liberal justices is replaced by a conservative

[Initech]

11. We're overreacting because that seat should have been ours.

We could have had a majority on SCOTUS for the first time since Reagan. They stole it and gave us the finger. Which is why I'm saying Mitch McConnell needs a boot up his ass.

[Txbluedog]

12. Please do not disparage The Majority Leader

Just quietly work on making him the minority leader

[Initech]

13. I'd rather he be out of the senate entirely and brought up on treason charges.

I think he's the ring leader in the whole Trump - Russian cabal. The more the layers are peeled back on this theory the more it seems him and Erik Prince are the brains behind it.

[GeorgeGist]

14. I look forward to read ing his obituary.

[joanbarnes]

15. How come Merritt Garland wasn't there?

[Txbluedog]

18. Who's Merritt Garland?

Merrick Garland was not there because he had no reason to---he's not a member of the Supreme Court or the Trump administration

[NurseJackie]

16. His tenure will always be tainted. He's the Justice who got the STOLEN nomination...

... and he's the Justice that needed to have the filibuster nuked in order to be approved.

[Initech]

17. Mitch McConnell has been a real life asshole heckler from Happy Gilmore in all of this.

"YOU WILL NOT FILL THIS SEAT, JACKASS!!!"

[lastlib]

26. Justice Ass-terisk....... n/t

[MarcA]

19. How about if some State or other political entity refused

to accept a decision where Gorsuch was a deciding vote.

[Yo_Mama]

22. It would be unconstitutional. n/t

[onenote]

24. It would be as invalid an action by the state as those instances

where some state claims that they aren't bound by a SCOTUS decision because they disagree with it.

It's never going to happen.

[Frequent Ranter]

20. Has He Kissed Putin's Ring Yet?

Not official till he does!

[roamer65]

25. He'd better GD well serve as cafeteria committee lead and open doors for them all.

I do not want to hear reports he is shirking those duties as junior justice.

[Jonny Appleseed]

27. Have we hired Ginsburg a poison tester yet?

I don't trust that sociopath Gorsuch. He looks and talks like the well-spoken family man on an episode of Law&Order that turns out to have a basement of dead prostitutes that his wife buried for him all while genuinely believing he's a kind man who loves her.