Democrats “Frustrated and Downright Cranky” as “Unscathed” Gorsuch “Sails Through” SCOTUS Hearing

“Democrats Have Struggled To Find An Attack Line That Sticks”

USA Today: “Gorsuch Appeared Headed For Eventual Confirmation To The Supreme Court” “Federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch appeared headed for eventual confirmation to the Supreme Court Wednesday as Democratic senators sought to influence him on issues ranging from arbitration to women's rights that may come before the justices in the future.” (Richard Wolf, “Neil Gorsuch sails through Supreme Court confirmation hearing,” USA Today, 3/22/17)

Daily Caller: “Gorsuch’s Three Days Of Testimony…Have Yielded Praise From Media And Legal Observers” “Judge Neil Gorsuch’s three days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee have yielded praise from media and legal observers.” (Kerry Picket, “Media And Legal Observers Heap Praise On Gorsuch,” Daily Caller, 3/22/17)

Washington Post: “The Party That Did Not Nominate The Judge Has Grown Frustrated And Downright Cranky” “Just as in the confirmation hearings of Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch has said everything that can ethically be said about particular matters. Accordingly, the party that did not nominate the judge has grown frustrated and downright cranky. Gorsuch has gone no further than those nominees of President Barack Obama — and certainly than Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (‘A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.’)” (Jennifer Rubin, “The Gorsuch confirmation drama is getting tiresome,” Washington Post, 3/22/17)

US News & World Report: “The Judge Completed Another Step Towards Joining The High Court By Making It Through Wednesday's Hearing Unscathed.” “Still, the judge completed another step towards joining the high court by making it through Wednesday's hearing unscathed.” (Joseph P. Williams, “Highlights From Day 3 of the Neil Gorsuch Hearings,” US News & World Report, 3/22/17)

National Review: “Gorsuch Is Wowing America” “Gorsuch is wowing America in the confirmation hearings.” (Peter Augustine Lawler, “On Super-Precedents,” National Review, 3/22/17)

Chicago Tribune: “Gorsuch Has Shown Himself To Be Committed To The Principle That Judges Should Rule On The Law As Written, And Apply It Equally To All” “In this week's Senate confirmation hearings, Gorsuch has shown himself to be committed to the principle that judges should rule on the law as written, and apply it equally to all.” (Editorial, “Neil Gorsuch earns his Supreme Court seat,” Chicago Tribune, 3/22/17)

  • “Attempts To Trip Up Gorsuch…Elicited The Opposite…Democrats Struggled To Find Offense…After Each Attack, They Were Forced To Move On” “Democrats' questioning Tuesday and Wednesday was aggressive. But their attempts to trip up Gorsuch, revealing deficiencies that might disqualify him, elicited the opposite: unassailable assurances by Gorsuch that he would decide each case on the merits, based on the law as written, applied to the world as it is today. Democrats struggled to find offense with that judicial philosophy. After each attack, they were forced to move on.” (Editorial, “Neil Gorsuch earns his Supreme Court seat,” Chicago Tribune, 3/22/17)

WSJ: “Democrats Have Been Flailing This Week Trying To Land A Punch…Nominee Has Had Much More Success In His Role As A Legal Counterpuncher” “Senate Democrats have been flailing this week trying to land a punch against Neil Gorsuch, but the Supreme Court nominee has had much more success in his role as a legal counterpuncher.” (Bill McGurn, “Gorsuch’s Free-Speech Lesson,” WSJ, 3/22/17)

Politico: “Emerged From The Consequential Hearings Largely Unscathed” “Despite the aggressive push from Democrats on the second day of questioning, Gorsuch has so far emerged from the consequential hearings largely unscathed.” (Seung Min Kim and Josh Gerstein, “Democrats sharpen attacks on Gorsuch after Supreme Court rebuff,” Politico, 3/22/17)

New York Times: “Democrats Have Struggled To Find An Attack Line That Sticks” “Democrats have struggled to find an attack line that sticks against Judge Gorsuch.” (Adam Liptak, Charlie Savage, Matt Flegenheimer and Carl Hulse, “Highlights From Judge Gorsuch’s Confirmation Hearing,” New York Times, 3/22/17)

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