{"id":34659,"date":"2017-08-18T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34659"},"modified":"2017-08-18T15:13:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:13:48","slug":"neil-gorsuch-again-so-lets-get-scared-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34659","title":{"rendered":"Neil Gorsuch again, so let’s get scared mad"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kochs bought his seat on our Supreme Court with warm ‘n’ fuzzy TV ads that made me, for one, ill.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now Gorsuch is paying them back.<\/p>\n

Source: Neil Gorsuch Speech at Trump Hotel Raises Ethical Questions – The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Begins:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump\u2019s Supreme Court appointee, is scheduled to address a conservative group at the Trump International Hotel in Washington next month, less than two weeks before the court is set to hear arguments on Mr. Trump\u2019s travel ban<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stephen Gillers, an expert on legal ethics at New York University, questioned the justice\u2019s decision to speak at the hotel, which is at issue in lower-court cases challenging the constitutionality of payments to Mr. Trump\u2019s companies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAt this highly divisive political moment, especially as many Trump decisions are likely soon to reach the court\u2019s docket, one just days later, a healthy respect for public confidence in the court should have led Justice Gorsuch to demur,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Justice Gorsuch declined to comment, said Kathleen L. Arberg, the Supreme Court\u2019s public information officer.<\/em><\/p>\n

And…<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not rocket science in the ethical world,\u201d<\/em> [Deborah L. Rhode, a law professor at Stanford] said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get much more basic than this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible signal for this group to be holding their meeting at the Trump International Hotel and for a Supreme Court justice to legitimate it by attending,\u201d she said. \u201cIt just violates basic ethical principles about conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But for me, the key segment of this story is here:<\/p>\n

Justice Gorsuch is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the \u201cDefending Freedom Luncheon\u201d<\/a> on Sept. 28 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fund for American Studies, which says it supports \u201cprinciples of limited government, free-market economics and honorable leadership\u201d through academic and fellowship programs.<\/em><\/p>\n

That is, “libertarian” principles.<\/a> A\/k\/a the Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s more dope on it. Look at final paragraphs which cite Jane Mayer and…Charles Koch! Surprise. <\/a><\/p>\n

Before Gorsuch’s decisions start hitting our democracy in the chest, read Jane Mayer’s Dark Money<\/em><\/a>, and Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains. <\/em><\/a>(If you’re going to buy the books, please buy them from your local independent bookstore.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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