Neil Gorsuch takes first of 2 oaths, prepares to join court
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) Surrounded by family and his soon-to-be Supreme Court colleagues, Neil Gorsuch took the first of two oaths on Monday as he prepared to take his seat on the court and restore its conservative majority.
The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado is being sworn in after a bruising fight that saw Republicans change the rules for approving high court picks over the fierce objection of Democrats.
The first ceremony took place privately in the Justices' Conference Room, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering the oath required by the Constitution. Gorsuch placed his hand on the family Bible held by his wife, Louise. His two daughters watched, along with all eight of the current justices and most of their spouses.
Also in attendance was Maureen Scalia, widow of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and her eldest son Eugene, said court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.
Later, Gorsuch will appear at a public White House ceremony, where Justice Anthony Kennedy is to administer a second oath in which Gorsuch will pledge to administer justice impartially and "do equal right to the poor and to the rich." Gorsuch, who once clerked for Kennedy, will be the first member of the court to serve alongside his former boss.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! The fucking assholes did it. They got their god damned seat. May it be forever cursed.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)To any pretense of justice, equality and fair play in this country.
We are witnessing the installation of an autocracy.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)It's not this justice nomination, but the next, that may materially change matters.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Time will tell.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)dalton99a
(81,578 posts)on what planet?
mountain grammy
(26,650 posts)I'm beyond angry about this.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)This is the worst!!!!!! I can't even think about it, it is so devastating. I only read the title of the post.
Our rights just died.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)say to him
Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)This is the same majority they had a year ago. The same court that approved gay marriage. Nothing changes until one of the liberal justices is replaced by a conservative
Initech
(100,102 posts)We could have had a majority on SCOTUS for the first time since Reagan. They stole it and gave us the finger. Which is why I'm saying Mitch McConnell needs a boot up his ass.
Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)Just quietly work on making him the minority leader
Initech
(100,102 posts)I think he's the ring leader in the whole Trump - Russian cabal. The more the layers are peeled back on this theory the more it seems him and Erik Prince are the brains behind it.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)Merrick Garland was not there because he had no reason to---he's not a member of the Supreme Court or the Trump administration
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... and he's the Justice that needed to have the filibuster nuked in order to be approved.
Initech
(100,102 posts)"YOU WILL NOT FILL THIS SEAT, JACKASS!!!"
lastlib
(23,287 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)to accept a decision where Gorsuch was a deciding vote.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)onenote
(42,761 posts)where some state claims that they aren't bound by a SCOTUS decision because they disagree with it.
It's never going to happen.
Frequent Ranter
(55 posts)Not official till he does!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I do not want to hear reports he is shirking those duties as junior justice.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)I don't trust that sociopath Gorsuch. He looks and talks like the well-spoken family man on an episode of Law&Order that turns out to have a basement of dead prostitutes that his wife buried for him all while genuinely believing he's a kind man who loves her.