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Judge Gorsuch Answers the Senate

Some insights into the comments by Judge Gorsuch. Gorsuch took the time to differentiate between the liberals using the courts too often to resolve social problems, and the conservatives whom he believed did not. He wrote these words in 2005, the same year that John Roberts took the oath of office and is credited/blamed for pulling the court farther to the right. In short, he is backtracking and saying both liberals and conservatives use the courts too often. It is a fair point that the courts' conservatives have used the courts much more, um, liberally since Chief Justice Roberts was appointed. The Senate GOP leader asked about precedent. We have a justice system built on Common Law, like Great Britain. Of course, this tilts heavily towards precedent instead of "the letter of the law" like statutory law. This was really coded for "tell us you are going to rule in a conservative manner, as expected." There is a long history of the argument of "activis...

What is Ross Douthat talking about - Part 2

Ross is at it again . He is continuing to run a column where he openly admits his ideas are bogus and really should not be taken seriously. Not sure why the "Failing New York Times", as Trump would say, insists on publishing this, but he has sunken to a new low by attacking minorities. Let's be clear by what I mean by attack. This is not a racist screed about the failings of people of color, specifically African Americans. Instead, it is the carefully crafted Politically Correct attack that he believes the editors of the "Failing New York Times" would permit in the newspaper of record. There is the subtle dig that white ancestors did not need affirmative action.  " After all, what are white Americans supposed to make of a system that offers Hispanic or Asian business owners an advantage never enjoyed by their own Irish or Polish or Scots-Irish forefathers, or boosts upper-class African and Caribbean college applicants whose ancestors never lived in sl...