Rick HasenVerified account

this is why I think Gorsuch offered the mildest criticism of zTrump possible

perhaps, but if strategic it strikes me as a strategy with a real risk of backfiring. And it sure looks like DT isn’t happy.

smartest course would have been to demur. He was going to be confirmed; didn’t need to do this. Little to gain, lots to lose.

strongly disagree for reasons in my post

what doesn’t make sense to me: w/ this strategy, all risks borne by NMG but all benefits redound to Senate Rs, not him

what does he have to gain personally from going along with this, even if Rs see benefit in more votes in favor?

how can any self-respecting judge who must make public statements (as he now must at confirmation) say NOTHING about Trump?

very easy to say your role as a judge (which he currently is) doesn’t permit you to make statements about political actors