AP: Durbin, D-Ill., also said Gorsuch indicated support for criminal justice reform — a Durbin priority — and disavowed a 2005 National Review article he’d written criticizing Democrats and liberals. “He said it was probably one of the biggest mistakes… Continue reading

Ariane de Vogue for CNN.

Sen. Schumer NYT oped: Judge Gorsuch’s behind-closed-doors admission that he felt “disheartened” by President Trump’s attacks on judges could well be akin to Judge Roberts’s “balls and strikes.” Judge Gorsuch told it to me in private; when Senator Richard Blumenthal… Continue reading

I explained the other day why Judge Gorsuch’s mild criticism of Pres. Trump’s statements about judges made for smart politics: mild enough so that Trump would not take offense, but strong enough to give him something credible to say when… Continue reading

Tony Mauro for the NLJ. I made similar points last night in this post.

In a meeting with Senator Blumenthal, Judge Gorsuch said he was “demoralized” and “disheartened” by the President’s attack on the judiciary (presumably not only in relation to the current dispute over the executive order on immigration). The statement was not… Continue reading