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

      Coons asks about Gorsuch's use of the term "complicity" in his Hobby Lobby decision.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch says it's not new, pointing to pre-Employment Division decisions.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Coons: "When do we stop deferring to an employer's religious beliefs?"

      2 replies 7 retweets 17 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch on RFRA: "That's the law you [Congress] set forth." ... beliefs / burdens / interest / tailoring ... he says Congrss sets the test.

      2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Coons brings up Gorsuch's views on the "inviolability of human life" in his book. Gorsuch says he mischaracterized the book.

      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch says there is a right to "be left alone" at the end of life. That's Cruzan, here:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/497/261 …

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

      Gorsuch says that it's a different question to go further in having assistance in dying.

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

      Gorsuch: "Privacy is in a variety of places on the Constitution," noting aspects of 1, 3, 4, and 14 Amendments.

      1 reply 6 retweets 12 likes
    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch: "Yes, the Constitution definitely contains privacy rights."

      2 replies 9 retweets 18 likes
    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      As a commentator, Gorsuch says, not a judge, he says he has concerns about what legalization would mean for vulnerable people.

      1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017

      He added that he said then that it should be left to states.

      2:32 PM - 21 Mar 2017
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Incidentally, Coons refers to prostitution and drug use as "more shocking" than physician-assisted suicide.

          1 reply 2 retweets 10 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Jeff Flake is asking his family's questions. So, that's where we're at. "Telluride" just came up, so, if you had that, drink.

          2 replies 8 retweets 22 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Trout-fishing, rowing, running, and ... I think I'm leaving soon.

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

          Al Franken just laughed out loud at the line of questions, and I have never felt so at one with Al Franken.

          3 replies 41 retweets 156 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Note: This evening session began with Grassley announcing that he's leaving Tillis in charge starting at 8p so he can get home to bed.

          5 replies 7 retweets 20 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Blumenthal is up. He's starting with Trump.

          1 reply 6 retweets 12 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Blumenthal is really trying to press Gorsuch to talk. Gorsuch is dodging. "Respectfully, I think I've gone as far as I can go."

          3 replies 11 retweets 22 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch says that Trump told him he would have won Colorado if he had more time.

          3 replies 8 retweets 10 likes
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          We're now on "Do you think 'Brown v. Bd of Education' was right?" portion of the hearing.

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

          Unwilling to say yes, Gorsuch says it was "correct application of precedent."

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

          Blumenthal says CJ Roberts said "I do" on whether it was right. Eventually, Gorsuch calls Plessy "one of the great stains" of judiciary.

          1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          On Griswold, Gorsuch talks about "reliance" on "precedent," adds that he doubts any state would pass a law violating Griswold.

          6 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          DORMANT COMMERCE CLAUSE! DRINK!

          4 replies 5 retweets 24 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Gorsuch often speaks like he's a character in the Key Moment of a Lifetime movie.

          6 replies 5 retweets 55 likes
        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I have never stared so directly at four faces.pic.twitter.com/sec6kMOSMg

          1 reply 2 retweets 12 likes
        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          (We're on Crapo now. Then, three more left.)

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Hirono — the last Dem — is up. We're relitigating the "hole" v. "opening" case.

          2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "There's lots of room for congressional regulation" on campaign finance, Gorsuch says.

          1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "I have lots of concerns as a person and a citizen, but now I am a judge," Gorsuch says, not giving personal views on $ in politics.

          6 replies 5 retweets 19 likes
        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Hirono raises Korematsu.

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

          Quick flip to asking if Korematsu would be applicable to [facts of travel EO]. "No," he says, noting he credits Katyal w confessing error.

          2 replies 9 retweets 6 likes
        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Hirono raises Stephen Miller comments about unreviewability of nat sec orders, and Gorsuch says everyone can bring cases to ct to be judged.

          1 reply 6 retweets 4 likes
        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Hirono asks about Trump comments on judges. Gorsuch repeats that he can't comment on specific cases, is talking about indep judiciary.

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

          Gorsuch says he has sent lawyer referrals to the bar for misconduct. "I am nobody's rubber stamp."

          1 reply 5 retweets 12 likes
        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Hirono asks about Obergefell, which she can't say. :-(

          4 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Tillis is up, talking about Common Sense, and Citizens United, and that Elena Kagan's argument as SG was to ban political speech.

          2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Tillis said the Republicans have the "moral high ground" on nominations, b/c they didn't stop Sotomayor or Kagan's nomination.

          5 replies 5 retweets 6 likes
        29. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Tillis now having Gorsuch repeat the discussion of the maternity discussion from his class, adding letters to the record in support.

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

          We're back to TransAm Trucking. Here is the opinion again: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/15/15-9504.pdf …

          1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
        31. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted ChuckGrassley

          I told y'all:https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/844342403788132352 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          ChuckGrassleyVerified account @ChuckGrassley
          After 9 hrs of chairing Judic Comm SCOTUS hrg I handed the gavel to Sen Tillis Thx senator for taking over so I can run at 4 in the morning
          1 reply 3 retweets 13 likes
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