| Line 25: |
Line 25: |
| | '''Neil McGill Gorsuch''' (born August 29, 1967, age {{age|1967|8|29}}) is an [[Associate Justice]] on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]. Previously he served as a federal appellate judge. He was nominated by [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the passing of [[Antonin Scalia]]. In his first full Term on the Court, according to ''Reason Magazine'', Gorsuch had a more [[liberal]] voting record than even the socially liberal Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]].<ref name="Reason">https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/27/neil-gorsuch-was-more-liberal-than-antho</ref> Gorsuch repeatedly votes or writes in favor of the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[illegal aliens]], giving [[liberal]]s an unearned majority on those issues. | | '''Neil McGill Gorsuch''' (born August 29, 1967, age {{age|1967|8|29}}) is an [[Associate Justice]] on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]. Previously he served as a federal appellate judge. He was nominated by [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the passing of [[Antonin Scalia]]. In his first full Term on the Court, according to ''Reason Magazine'', Gorsuch had a more [[liberal]] voting record than even the socially liberal Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]].<ref name="Reason">https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/27/neil-gorsuch-was-more-liberal-than-antho</ref> Gorsuch repeatedly votes or writes in favor of the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[illegal aliens]], giving [[liberal]]s an unearned majority on those issues. |
| | | | |
| − | Gorsuch is "[[pro-choice]]" and told Senator [[Susan Collins]] that he would not overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' simply because there was a 5-4 majority to do so, as reported by ''Politico'':<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/neil-gorsuch-charm-offensive-selling-democrats-235159</ref> | + | Gorsuch was "[[pro-choice]]" and told Senator [[Susan Collins]] that he would not overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' simply because there was a 5-4 majority to do so, as reported by ''Politico'':<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/neil-gorsuch-charm-offensive-selling-democrats-235159</ref> |
| | | | |
| | :When [Gorsuch] met with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) earlier [in February], she pressed him on his views on judicial precedent: If five current justices disagree with a previous Supreme Court decision, is that sufficient grounds to overturn the ruling? Gorsuch said no. | | :When [Gorsuch] met with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) earlier [in February], she pressed him on his views on judicial precedent: If five current justices disagree with a previous Supreme Court decision, is that sufficient grounds to overturn the ruling? Gorsuch said no. |
| | :“It’s important to me generally, but it also is important to me because of Roe v. Wade,” Collins, who supports abortion rights, said of asking Gorsuch about precedent. “It’s an important principle.” | | :“It’s important to me generally, but it also is important to me because of Roe v. Wade,” Collins, who supports abortion rights, said of asking Gorsuch about precedent. “It’s an important principle.” |
| | | | |
| − | [[David Souter]] and [[Anthony Kennedy]] used the same excuse to perpetuate ''Roe v. Wade'' in 1992 in ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]''. | + | [[David Souter]] and [[Anthony Kennedy]] used the same excuse to perpetuate ''Roe v. Wade'' in 1992 in ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]''. Much to the surprise (but delight) of conservatives, however, Gorsuch voted in favor of completely overturning ''Roe'' in ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]''. |
| | | | |
| | Gorsuch is active in an ultra-[[liberal]] [[Episcopalian]] church whose woman pastor marched against [[Trump]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] in January. More generally, the Episcopal Church is officially on record as being strongly against [[pro-life]] laws, though TEC's official statement says that abortion "should be used only in extreme situations.” | | Gorsuch is active in an ultra-[[liberal]] [[Episcopalian]] church whose woman pastor marched against [[Trump]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] in January. More generally, the Episcopal Church is officially on record as being strongly against [[pro-life]] laws, though TEC's official statement says that abortion "should be used only in extreme situations.” |