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Justice Neil Gorsuch Has Already Changed the Supreme Court Forever
Last edited Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)
Hat tip, SCOTUSblog: Thursday round-up
Justice Neil Gorsuch Has Already Changed the Supreme Court Forever
Jul 5, 2017, 5:17pm Jessica Mason Pieklo
A small-town Fourth of July parade with Associate Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch as the guest of honor sums up everything about Gorsuch's role on the Supreme Court. ... Gorsuch represents the most ideological right wing of the Court, but has largely masked those extreme beliefs with charisma that made him appear more reasonable a justice than his opinions prove him to be.
Niwot is about as quaint a Colorado town as they come. Situated in an unincorporated part of Boulder County that holds tight to its history as a mining outpost during the Gold Rush and as an enclave of wealth in the region, Niwot is considerably more conservative than its neighboring town of Boulder. ... This fact was immediately apparent Tuesday during its Fourth of July parade. Along with a marching band flanked by horseback riders in western gear and the local high school football team handing out water and candy to the kids, Niwot welcomed the parade’s guest of honor, Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Perched atop a red convertible and flanked by his wife and daughter, Gorsuch worked the parade like a senator, not a sitting Supreme Court justice, employing folksy charm like Colorado’s own Ronnie Reagan. Gorsuch—who had come at the invitation of the Boulder County GOP—shook parade-goers’ hands as if they were constituents’, wishing them a happy Fourth of July and thanking them for coming out to see him. Ignoring the smattering of protesters booing him and calling him an illegitimate judge in a stolen seat, he complimented a young boy on his cowboy hat. He may have even kissed a baby. Meanwhile, his wife Louise waved her U.S. flag with increasing force at the protesters in response to every increase in volume.
Gorsuch’s appearance at the parade came a week after the Supreme Court’s term ended. Gorsuch didn’t take his place on the bench as the replacement to the late Justice Antonin Scalia until April, after a lengthy political fight to get him nominated and confirmed. Even so, that small window of time has illuminated the effect he will have for decades to come. Just like Tuesday appeared to be Gorsuch’s parade, this past term shows that the Supreme Court is really the Gorsuch Court—a trend that will likely continue well into the future.
Jul 5, 2017, 5:17pm Jessica Mason Pieklo
A small-town Fourth of July parade with Associate Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch as the guest of honor sums up everything about Gorsuch's role on the Supreme Court. ... Gorsuch represents the most ideological right wing of the Court, but has largely masked those extreme beliefs with charisma that made him appear more reasonable a justice than his opinions prove him to be.
Niwot is about as quaint a Colorado town as they come. Situated in an unincorporated part of Boulder County that holds tight to its history as a mining outpost during the Gold Rush and as an enclave of wealth in the region, Niwot is considerably more conservative than its neighboring town of Boulder. ... This fact was immediately apparent Tuesday during its Fourth of July parade. Along with a marching band flanked by horseback riders in western gear and the local high school football team handing out water and candy to the kids, Niwot welcomed the parade’s guest of honor, Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Perched atop a red convertible and flanked by his wife and daughter, Gorsuch worked the parade like a senator, not a sitting Supreme Court justice, employing folksy charm like Colorado’s own Ronnie Reagan. Gorsuch—who had come at the invitation of the Boulder County GOP—shook parade-goers’ hands as if they were constituents’, wishing them a happy Fourth of July and thanking them for coming out to see him. Ignoring the smattering of protesters booing him and calling him an illegitimate judge in a stolen seat, he complimented a young boy on his cowboy hat. He may have even kissed a baby. Meanwhile, his wife Louise waved her U.S. flag with increasing force at the protesters in response to every increase in volume.
Gorsuch’s appearance at the parade came a week after the Supreme Court’s term ended. Gorsuch didn’t take his place on the bench as the replacement to the late Justice Antonin Scalia until April, after a lengthy political fight to get him nominated and confirmed. Even so, that small window of time has illuminated the effect he will have for decades to come. Just like Tuesday appeared to be Gorsuch’s parade, this past term shows that the Supreme Court is really the Gorsuch Court—a trend that will likely continue well into the future.
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