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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      "I always think that the family that skis together stays together ..." - a thing just said by Gorsuch

      16 replies 17 retweets 34 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      "We're now like David Foster Wallace's fish," Gorsuch says. "We're surrounded by the rule of law, it's in the fabric of our lives."

      10 replies 23 retweets 48 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      "A very important question," Gorsuch says of cameras in the courtroom. Says more cameras in the past few weeks than in his entire lifetime.

      1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch will not give his view on cameras in the Supreme Court, instead saying, "I would want to hear the arguments."

      2 replies 11 retweets 16 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      On judicial ethics rules, which apply to judges but not justices, Gorsuch says he wouldn't care and would consider it — but wouldn't commit.

      2 replies 4 retweets 12 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Klobuchar says she'd think it would be easy to commit to applying judicial ethics rules to the Supreme Court.

      1 reply 7 retweets 12 likes
    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Klobuchar then awkwardly says that "as Hamilton says," Gorsuch would "be in the room where it happens," and I cringed to @ToddRuger.

      3 replies 6 retweets 34 likes
    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      ... Gorsuch, making the simplest of gestures or movements ... CAMERAS CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK

      2 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch, nearly growling: "I was almost therrrreeee."

      1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      [Note: This was to Klobuchar.]

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017

      Klobuchar asks Gorsuch about his Chevron thoughts.

      12:06 PM - 21 Mar 2017
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "I was identifying an issue for my bosses," he says of his "elephant in the room" Chevron-related concurrence to his own opinion.

          1 reply 4 retweets 13 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Klobuchar: "What do you think should replace Chevron?" Gorsuch says he couldn't answer, but notes what came before: Skidmore.

          1 reply 3 retweets 12 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          To be clear, he didn't say he WOULD replace Chevron, but was gaming out the question at Klobuchar's prompting.

          1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "OF COURSE WOMEN Could be president of the United States," Gorsuch growls to Klobuchar noting Constitution talks about POTUS only as "he."

          2 replies 11 retweets 23 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I don't think he's mad, I think he thinks it's just emphatic and doesn't realize how it sounds on the mic. It's weird, though!

          2 replies 5 retweets 22 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch highlights Kyllo, Crawford, Apprendi, Booker as opinions with originalist roots that helped defendants. Very interesting.

          1 reply 6 retweets 21 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch continuing that line of Scalia opinions in crim law would be notable. He wasn't directly endorsing them but certainly suggested it.

          1 reply 2 retweets 11 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Now up: Klobuchar asks about NYT v. Sullivan. "Actual malice" has been the "law of the land" since, Gorsuch says.

          1 reply 5 retweets 9 likes
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Klobuchar finally raises Branzburg v. Hayes, reporters and grand jury testimony, but Gorsuch says he's not touching it.

          1 reply 5 retweets 9 likes
        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          (Because cases come to the court on the issue.)

          2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          We're back from a 12-minute recess (it went over 2 mins). Cruz opens his questioning with a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" reference.

          3 replies 2 retweets 14 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          We're back to Byron White talk.

          2 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch talking about overcriminalization now.

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          We're now talking about the Brown Palace Hotel, a rodeo, and something called "mutton-busting." This is #NSFW. Children, look away.

          7 replies 2 retweets 32 likes
        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch: "I could talk mutton busting all day." Grassley: "Senator Franken."

          4 replies 8 retweets 20 likes
        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Franken: "Apparently, there are no animal cruelty laws there?" Gorsuch, laughing: "You sound like my daughters on that score."

          1 reply 5 retweets 14 likes
        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "You don't know what you would have done?" Franken says, of the trucker case. Gorsuch says he empathizes, but won't answer.

          1 reply 12 retweets 19 likes
        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "I'm not a lawyer, but I've been on this committee for eight years, and I've paid attention," Franken says.

          2 replies 12 retweets 52 likes
        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Franken then talks about "absurd results" exception to "plain meaning" rule.

          2 replies 5 retweets 16 likes
        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "I had a career in identifying absurdity, and this is absurd," Franken says, adding Gorsuch's decision makes him question his judgment.

          1 reply 16 retweets 44 likes
        22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Franken now detailing Gorsuch's political past, as a pushback on Gorsuch's claim to Franken re: Garland that "I try to avoid politics."

          4 replies 37 retweets 54 likes
        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Franken: "Do you think Merrick Garland was treated fairly by the US Senate?"

          4 replies 35 retweets 85 likes
        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch says that judicial ethics prevent him from talking about politics. Franken says no. Gorsuch says "by definition" it's politics.

          2 replies 14 retweets 30 likes
        25. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Ken Mehlman was Gorsuch's law school roommate, and Mehlman put Gorsuch in Ohio in 2004 for the final days.

          2 replies 4 retweets 16 likes
        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Franken: "How do you feel about the right to marry being put on the ballot?" Gorsuch dodges, then says he won't comment on personal views.

          4 replies 22 retweets 32 likes
        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "How have your views on marriage equality changed since 2004?" Gorsuch says not going to say.

          3 replies 27 retweets 32 likes
        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          He did say — if I caught it right — that marriage equality is "settled law," but noted that related issues remain pending before the courts.

          5 replies 12 retweets 33 likes
        29. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Matt Ford

          Matt also heard it like that:https://twitter.com/fordm/status/844284443753897984 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Matt FordVerified account @fordm
          Replying to @chrisgeidner
          That's what I heard too.
          2 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
        30. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Franken closes by talking about Bannon, the administrative state, Chevron, and GOP hopes for undermining or reversing Chevron.

          3 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
        31. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Now up: Sen. Sasse, talking about peeing and umpires.

          3 replies 5 retweets 8 likes
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