Gorsuch Affirms He’s a ‘Scalia’ Justice

Many voters who said they had reservations about supporting Donald Trump for president cited the U.S. Supreme Court as the No. 1 reason they chose him over Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.

If their desire was to see the court filled with justices who share the judicial philosophy of the late Antonin Scalia, they must be pleased with the record so far of Justice Neil Gorsuch and the pledge the Trump appointee made at a dinner Thursday night in honor of Scalia.

“Tonight I can report that a person can be both a publicly committed originalist and textualist and be confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States,” Gorsuch said at the dinner, held by the Federalist Society at Union Station in Washington, D.C., the Washington Examiner reported.

“Originalism has regained its place at the table … textualism has triumphed … and neither one is going anywhere on my watch.”

During his remarks, Gorsuch equated criticism of the conservative Federalist Society’s influence to the “red scare” and praised the leadership of Federalist Society Executive Vice President Leonard Leo, who serves as Trump’s adviser on judicial nominations. (Read more from “Gorsuch Affirms He’s a ‘Scalia’ Justice” HERE)

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