ThinkProgress “justice editor” Ian Millhiser isn’t the kind of guy to learn from his mistakes. Which sucks for him, because today, once again, he forgot to check himself before he wrecked himself.
As Twitchy told you earlier, Neil Gorsuch joined his liberal SCOTUS colleagues and cast the deciding vote in a decision regarding an illegal immigrant facing deportation.
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/986244034350997504
But let Millhiser be clear:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/986244395086307330
Who’s not familiar with Gorsuch’s record, Ian?
It's almost like Gorsuch rules based on a dispassionate legal theory that doesn't particularly care whether a litigant is a designated victim in your power dynamics
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 17, 2018
Almost!
Once again: Anyone who wrote that Gorsuch would be a “rubber stamp” for Trump, or that he was some crafty political hack, was either lying to you or had no idea whatsoever who Gorsuch is, what his record shows, or how he views the law. https://t.co/C1Ic28CPp2
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 17, 2018
Re-upping this: https://t.co/SMNs9CrZIw
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 17, 2018
And this: https://t.co/ipwsDdZXxE
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 17, 2018
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So I guess that Ian Millhiser is going to run this pattern every time. First pretend that this is the first and only example we have, despite years of on-the-record decisions being available to the public; and then explain that, actually, it's part of a conservative masterplan. pic.twitter.com/oQXyRec0Pc
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 17, 2018
"We have our first decision where Gorsuch crossed over to vote with the liberals, except for the last one I wrote about two months ago—having said publicly he wouldn't—and then waved away in exactly the same way."
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 17, 2018
Apparently since Millhiser already had one foot in the grave he’d been digging for himself, he figured he’d double down:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/986310659838234624
This. Effing. Guy.
I know everyone has a field day dunking on this buffoon, but it really is embarrassing for @thinkprogress that a justice correspondent is reduced to calling Neil Gorsuch names in his coverage. https://t.co/nXWaPKt7j1
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) April 17, 2018
Neil Gorsuch would need to recuse himself from any case involving Ian Millhiser since he lives rent free in Ian's head.
— neontaster (@neontaster) April 17, 2018
lol I’ve never seen someone bend over backwards this much to avoid saying they were wrong
— Dañiel Simpson (@DSimpson88) April 17, 2018
He’s quite the intellectual gymnast, that’s for sure.
Ian Milhiser acts and writes like a spoiled adolescent. Why do you give him the time of day?
— Adso of Melk (@PalimpsestMan) April 17, 2018
I don't have much more time with him before he's sent away to the camps.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 17, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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