Here’s some keen insight from USA Today: it seems that the more conservative members of the Supreme Court, including Justice Neil Gorsuch, are “sticking to the words written by Congress” when considering cases.
For Supreme Court's conservatives, it's all about the letter of the law https://t.co/nwuqet2rBX via @richardjwolf
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) May 29, 2018
The justices have settled challenges involving the rights of workers, immigrants, prisoners and patent owners by painstakingly defining the meaning of “for,” “shall,” “any” and “other,” along with “satisfy” and “salesman.”
The result has been a series of 5-4 decisions written by Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito that rely on “textualism” — letting the statutes under review speak for themselves. It’s what the late Justice Antonin Scalia preached, and what President Trump promised he would seek in choosing Gorsuch as Scalia’s successor.
So conservative justices are sticking to the rule of law as written?
https://twitter.com/ElliottRHams/status/1001952522137997312
Heaven forfend. https://t.co/DUdHHs8lSF
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) May 30, 2018
Oh the absolute horror https://t.co/JT3RrkweJr
— Boomstick Jefe (@LakesFirearmsTr) May 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/DurinnMcFurren/status/1001889791602982912
You say that like it's a bad thing? https://t.co/vpA9RbV30x
— Gavi Shapiro (@GaviShapiro) May 30, 2018
Isn't that kinda the point? https://t.co/JnDAUMiv7M
— RepublicanDore (@RepublicanDore) May 30, 2018
Yeah. That’s kinda the point of laws. That’s why they’re written down, y’know? https://t.co/xQhejdBgwd
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) May 30, 2018
You mean the law they swore to uphold? Go figure. https://t.co/Splsq1gRpq
— Richie Angel (@richkangel) May 30, 2018
Um, that's how it's supposed to work. https://t.co/nOxVNRIp0R
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 30, 2018
Wow. Rocket science. https://t.co/SNZJvEsfp9
— Jason Unwin (@generalripper61) May 30, 2018
2018: Where it's news that Supreme Court justices are <squints> interpreting and enforcing the law as written. #SCOTUS https://t.co/L2p2fTriEq
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) May 30, 2018
"Sticking to the words written by Congress." What a novel idea! https://t.co/W70lizo6oQ
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 30, 2018
That's their job. Otherwise the SCOTUS becomes, to quote a jurist who was not Scalia, "a backup legislature for the reconsideration of failed attempts to amend existing statutes." https://t.co/2jFLy87dNv
— MasterThief (Trash Take Management Inc.) (@MasterThiefEsq) May 30, 2018
May judges always be accused of caring too much about what the law actually says, instead of caring about what the law ought to say! *teary eyed over Gorsuch* https://t.co/7sUDPHzUEQ
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) May 30, 2018
God forbid we be legalistic about <squints> the law. https://t.co/KiTMCOXrmX
— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) May 30, 2018
Alternative headline: Supreme Court conservatives actually do their job as intended by the Constitution, unlike the liberal judges. https://t.co/LkH1GLvg7P
— M0ser (@TM0s41) May 30, 2018
So you're admitting that, for the Court's liberals, the law doesn't matter as much. https://t.co/54JXIgdQhY
— Matthew Hurt (@mattkhurt) May 30, 2018
At least @usatodayDC is tacitly admitting the liberal wing of the Supreme Court doesn’t care about the law. #scotus https://t.co/BI78LPIuTy
— Eʀɪᴋ Sᴏᴅᴇʀsᴛʀᴏᴍ (@soderstrom) May 30, 2018
Related:
Charles C.W. Cooke SCHOOLS Ian Millhiser on Gorsuch (and fires off PERFECT parting shot!) https://t.co/zNRRwrnQ9s
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 17, 2018
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