02-14-2017, 05:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2017, 05:05 PM by Eric the Green.)
From People for the American Way:
(please note, Classic Xer)
Eric,
Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller made the rounds on the Sunday news shows to assail the federal judges who have ruled against the administration’s anti-Muslim refugee and travel ban, and expanded Trump’s attack on the independence of the judiciary.
Miller’s statements accused the courts of “remaking laws” and seeking “judicial law".....
Perhaps the most chilling moment of Miller’s interviews was the one in which he told CBS’s John Dickerson:
"The end result of this, though, is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
The powers of the president … will not be questioned?
Trump and his administration’s contempt for checks and balances and the independence of the judiciary is reaching new heights, and it’s becoming even more clear that Trump’s litmus test for judges is nothing short of blind deference to Trump and his agenda.
We CANNOT let Trump’s rubber-stamp Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch get confirmed.
New polling from Hart Research shows a massive opportunity for us to grow public opposition to Gorsuch:
"Just 42 percent say the Senate should confirm Neil Gorsuch, while 58 percent either oppose confirmation or are not yet ready to decide," according to Hart’s pollsters. They add, "Significantly, once voters learn a bit more about Neil Gorsuch's record and philosophy, opposition to his confirmation doubles…”
Trump’s repeated attacks on judicial independence are a clear indicator of his plans for the federal courts. Remember, last month Trump adviser and confidant Roger Stone was quoted in Politico saying, in no uncertain terms, that loyalty to the president was a key qualification for any Supreme Court nominee:
“If Trump is going to be a transformational president, not a transitional president, he needs a supportive court,” said Roger Stone, a longtime Trump adviser. “Not a conservative court, not a right-wing court -- a Trump court.”
To say that all of this raises red flags would be putting it mildly. The bar for any Supreme Court nominees from this president must be extremely high, and Neil Gorsuch doesn’t even come close to clearing that bar.
Gorsuch’s name came from a list of 21 ultraconservative potential Supreme Court nominees Trump released during the campaign that was compiled for him by right-wing extremist groups like the Heritage Foundation. That list, of which Gorsuch was one of the most conservative, was almost universally cheered by the most bigoted and regressive factions of the Far Right, as was the Gorsuch nomination itself.
Trump and Senate Republicans owe America a consensus choice, made in consultation with senators from both parties -- like Obama’s nominee to that same Supreme Court seat, Merrick Garland. NO ONE on that list of 21 is a product of consultation. By choosing a nominee from that list, Trump may have made good on a campaign promise to the Radical Right but he flouted the constitutional requirement for advice and consent from senators.
When Trump picked Gorsuch, he was not seeking consultation, he was saying “take it or leave it” … and senators need to call Trump on his overreach and LEAVE IT.
(please note, Classic Xer)
Eric,
Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller made the rounds on the Sunday news shows to assail the federal judges who have ruled against the administration’s anti-Muslim refugee and travel ban, and expanded Trump’s attack on the independence of the judiciary.
Miller’s statements accused the courts of “remaking laws” and seeking “judicial law".....
Perhaps the most chilling moment of Miller’s interviews was the one in which he told CBS’s John Dickerson:
"The end result of this, though, is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
The powers of the president … will not be questioned?
Trump and his administration’s contempt for checks and balances and the independence of the judiciary is reaching new heights, and it’s becoming even more clear that Trump’s litmus test for judges is nothing short of blind deference to Trump and his agenda.
We CANNOT let Trump’s rubber-stamp Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch get confirmed.
New polling from Hart Research shows a massive opportunity for us to grow public opposition to Gorsuch:
"Just 42 percent say the Senate should confirm Neil Gorsuch, while 58 percent either oppose confirmation or are not yet ready to decide," according to Hart’s pollsters. They add, "Significantly, once voters learn a bit more about Neil Gorsuch's record and philosophy, opposition to his confirmation doubles…”
Trump’s repeated attacks on judicial independence are a clear indicator of his plans for the federal courts. Remember, last month Trump adviser and confidant Roger Stone was quoted in Politico saying, in no uncertain terms, that loyalty to the president was a key qualification for any Supreme Court nominee:
“If Trump is going to be a transformational president, not a transitional president, he needs a supportive court,” said Roger Stone, a longtime Trump adviser. “Not a conservative court, not a right-wing court -- a Trump court.”
To say that all of this raises red flags would be putting it mildly. The bar for any Supreme Court nominees from this president must be extremely high, and Neil Gorsuch doesn’t even come close to clearing that bar.
Gorsuch’s name came from a list of 21 ultraconservative potential Supreme Court nominees Trump released during the campaign that was compiled for him by right-wing extremist groups like the Heritage Foundation. That list, of which Gorsuch was one of the most conservative, was almost universally cheered by the most bigoted and regressive factions of the Far Right, as was the Gorsuch nomination itself.
Trump and Senate Republicans owe America a consensus choice, made in consultation with senators from both parties -- like Obama’s nominee to that same Supreme Court seat, Merrick Garland. NO ONE on that list of 21 is a product of consultation. By choosing a nominee from that list, Trump may have made good on a campaign promise to the Radical Right but he flouted the constitutional requirement for advice and consent from senators.
When Trump picked Gorsuch, he was not seeking consultation, he was saying “take it or leave it” … and senators need to call Trump on his overreach and LEAVE IT.