Democrat legal experts and Democrat attorneys who’ve worked with Judge Gorsuch have increasingly stepped out to support him this week
February 10, 2017
Dems Defy Schumer, Endorse Gorsuch
Democrat legal experts and Democrat attorneys who’ve worked with Judge Gorsuch have increasingly stepped out to support him this week – even as Senate Democrats continue to get pulled apart by their base’s desire to obstruct everything and the majority of Americans who support his confirmation…
1. Dennis J. Hutchinson, University of Chicago law professor & “lifelong registered Democrat”:
“Judge Gorsuch’s record is one of acute skepticism toward complacent exercises of executive power. He has demonstrated himself as someone committed to the rule of law. Cynics may scoff at the concept, but it is absolutely crucial to the integrity of the American constitutional system. In case after case, Gorsuch has asked, what is the law, how is it being applied and does it square with the constitutional basis of authority?”
2. Jane Nitze, former Obama Administration attorney:
“He is extraordinarily fair-minded. He will approach each case the same, regardless of the issue or the parties before him, and he will have a great deal of respect for folks on all sides of the ideological spectrum. I worked for the Obama administration. I have to say, I’m 100 percent comfortable with Judge Gorsuch becoming the next Supreme Court justice.”
3. Timothy Meyer, Democrat & Vanderbilt Law School professor:
“Judge Gorsuch embodies everything a judge should be — intelligent, fair, open-minded, with a deep commitment to the judiciary and its role in our democratic process. He is also one of the most decent and kind people I have ever met, a trait that he carries with him from his personal life to the bench. No judge or lawyer can persuade everyone, but Judge Gorsuch works tirelessly in his decisions to ensure that even if you don’t agree with his views on a case, you understand his reasons. The Court and the country would be lucky to have him.”
4. Neal Katyal, Obama Solicitor General:
“Judge Gorsuch is one of the most thoughtful and brilliant judges to have served our nation over the last century. … Those of us who have worked with him can attest, he is a wonderfully decent and humane person.”
5. Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School:
“I think Trump was smart to pick someone who was highly credentialed and hard to oppose… He’ll be hard to oppose on the merits.”
6. Laurence Tribe, Obama mentor & Harvard University Law School professor:
“Gorsuch is smart as he is conservative, and he writes elegantly.”
7. David Lane, Denver Plaintiff & Democrat:
“He is a very, very smart man… he’s qualified to be on the Supreme Court… He is sincere and honest.”
8. Marci Glenn, Denver Attorney & Democrat:
“He’s smart, he’s independent — thank the Lord… As a lawyer for a little guy, knowing he was a conservative judge, I still felt comfortable having him on the panel.”