Gorsuch refers to marriage equality as "single-sex marriage," in noting the Supreme Court's ruling on the topic.
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Durbin now brings up the letter sent to the committee alleging Gorsuch comments on maternity leave. G: "I'd be delighted to clear this up."
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FYI: Here's the Gorsuch mentor/professor who has some extreme views on sex orientation:https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/844232964233990145 …
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Gorsuch pushed back, got a little gruff, and said to judge him for his opinions/actions — not what this other guy did.
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On the maternity leave issue, Gorsuch said there's an example in a textbook he uses about being asked whether you planned to get pregnant.
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He says that he is always shocked by the number of women who tell them they've been asked questions like that, says he'd never ask that.
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We're back to the trucker in the freezing cold case.
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The law as written said he would be protected if he refused to operate," Gorsuch says, countering that the trucker clearly operated.
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From this morning: Gorsuch Says He Would Have "No Difficulty" Ruling Against The President - https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/trumps-supreme-court-nominee-says-he-would-have-no?utm_term=.ojZg6YeP1E … by
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Gorsuch now talking about Hobby Lobby by backing into it, starting with Employment Division v. Smith and now talking about RFRA ...
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... highlighting Schumer's support in House. Talks about high std for protection set by RFRA for all w sincerely held religious beliefs.
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Why does he keep calling it Smith v. Maryland?
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On Hobby Lobby, Gorsuch says: "We did our level best, and we were affirmed by the Supreme Court."
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He's reading my tweets, OBVS. Just corrected himself.
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[FYI: Here's the case Gorsuch was mentioning: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1978/78-5374 … / Here's what he meant/corrected it to: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1989/88-1213 …]
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Cornyn began asking about signing statements, but really just summarized things.
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Cornyn: "I wanna talk about the little guy." Gorsuch: "I'm not a blame guy; I'm a 'look inside' guy."
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Just run around with that on a breezy day. It's a perfect kite.
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Update: There are nine white men asking questions of one white man right now at the hearing. Some committee members are missing, but, yeah.pic.twitter.com/EWUpH16FS5
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"Is this result consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act?" Gorsuch says. Reporters on the edge of their seats. "I follow precedent."
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Gorsuch: "I follow precedent." Cornyn: "Even when you disagree with the outcome?" Gorsuch notes he still got the result he wanted.
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On Chevron, Gorsuch says he doesn't know how he'd rule on the Supreme Court. Cornyn attacks the regulatory state, says it's out of control.
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Cornyn raises prayer at football games, asks Gorsuch for his views on religion in the public square and "hostility" to religion.
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"It's a very difficult area, doctrinally," Gorsuch says, b/c of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause.
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G: "Judges have to mediate to competing and important values." He says SCOTUS has struggled on the Estab Clause, explains Lemon test.
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"Lemon endures." - Neil Gorsuch
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Cornyn: Originalism and textualism! Drink x 2!
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Cornyn: If not the text, what is a judge going to be bound by? Gorsuch: "I hope it wasn't what he had for breakfast."
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"A monkey, a paddle, and the Gettysburg Address: My afternoon at the confirmation hearing of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court."
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Next up: Sen. Whitehouse. He starts by asking about fact-finding by trial courts and whether that is a separation of powers issues.
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