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LMAO...Trump thought he bought a robot... (Original Post) pbmus Apr 2018 OP
Trump is really without a clue C_U_L8R Apr 2018 #1
How long until the Numbnuts tries to fire him? tparrett62 Apr 2018 #2
Only a minor glitch. Gorsuch is a committed wingnut dalton99a Apr 2018 #3
Yes ... and he will overcompensate for this error Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #9
Absolutely. Gorsuch is a political creature - he reads the news. dalton99a Apr 2018 #10
Not an error... hes deliberatively done this to further his own agenda. Shipwack Apr 2018 #16
Friday still has hours to go. empedocles Apr 2018 #4
He ain't, by a long shot, but -- RandomAccess Apr 2018 #5
lol Demovictory9 Apr 2018 #6
That's the thing with judges - they aren't always predictable. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #7
Earl Warren certainly surprised everyone. n/t sarge43 Apr 2018 #17
2 words for Maggot MFM008 Apr 2018 #8
one swallow does not a summer make Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #11
I can dream. MFM008 Apr 2018 #20
gorsuch's views on this case are actually consistent with scalia's. unblock Apr 2018 #12
Exactly! mountain grammy Apr 2018 #14
Sarah will state that Beantighe Apr 2018 #13
Trump realizing that he can't fire Gorsuch. sarcasmo Apr 2018 #15
If Trump had a clue, Shipwack Apr 2018 #18
He was just following Scalia More_Cowbell Apr 2018 #19

Shipwack

(2,162 posts)
16. Not an error... hes deliberatively done this to further his own agenda.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:32 PM
Apr 2018

His decision is laying the groundwork to support the claim that the executive branch creates cannot be interpreted by the creating agency, but only by the judiciary.

https://thinkprogress.org/neil-gorsuch-voted-with-the-liberal-justices-ca1cc1e2fae0/

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Friday still has hours to go.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 01:48 PM
Apr 2018

Friday is when a lot of Trump stuff gets dumped. Here we have Gorsuch too liberal. Last Friday, which I joked was Friday the 13th, the Ides of April, and Trump in the White House, 'what could possibly go wrong.' . It was an interesting day.
Today its Trump Dump Day again, the big stuff usually doesn't hit until around 5pm. Already red state teacher strikes are big on the news, huge nationwide student walkout protests, and cable news full of new Trump items, including his bogus 'rich' claims - thats something he is sensitive about.
Friday continues . . .



 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
5. He ain't, by a long shot, but --
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 01:50 PM
Apr 2018

I'm glad Trump is unhappy, and either knows or will learn it's just tough shit.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
7. That's the thing with judges - they aren't always predictable.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 01:52 PM
Apr 2018

Even very conservative judges sometimes sign on to decisions that don't square with the current GOP party line. Even Scalia did that a few times (it sometimes goes the other way, too - liberal judges don't always toe the liberal party line, either). The basis of a conservative judge's decision might be some conservative principle but even so, the outcome might favor a party supported by liberals. Gorsuch will certainly rule in favor of corporations and other GOP-favored parties most of the time, but like the other justices, once in awhile he'll go the other way - even for what we might consider to be the wrong reasons. Spanky will have to live with this. He doesn't understand that the judicial branch is independent under the Constitution, and even his pet judge won't always give him what he wants.

This is why lifetime appointments are actually a good thing - a judge can't be fired because he doesn't knuckle under to the executive.

 

Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts)
11. one swallow does not a summer make
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:11 PM
Apr 2018

broken clock is right twice a day - and in Gorsuch's case perhaps 2 decades

unblock

(52,251 posts)
12. gorsuch's views on this case are actually consistent with scalia's.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:21 PM
Apr 2018

but i suppose donnie thinks scalia was too liberal, too....

Beantighe

(126 posts)
13. Sarah will state that
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:21 PM
Apr 2018

Sarah Sanders will state that it is well within the rights of the President of the United States to fire him, "or at least he believes it is." l

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)
19. He was just following Scalia
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:59 PM
Apr 2018

He wrote the opinion that the Court followed in this new case. This is his/their one "liberal" issue, constitutional protections for defendants.

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