In this article it talks about President Trumps recent Supreme court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch was heard by a committee of Senators today and was hammered on many different issues. On most of the issues Gorsuch would state, "I have declined to offer any promises, hints or previews of how I’d resolve any case." As it says in the article, "Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Gorsuch’s refusal to explicitly endorse key Supreme Court privacy rulings leaves doubt in the minds of millions of Americans.” Although Gorsuch has made his political opinion a mystery, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch says that he hasn't seen a better nominee in 40 years in the Senate. The article then goes on and states that no Democrat has pledged to support the judge yet. Although the Republicans control the Senate 52-48, the Republicans would still need a vote of 60 or more to confirm the nominee.
This is related to my Ap Government class because we are talking about the judiciary system right now. Even today we talked about the 8 Supreme court justices, who appointed them, and when they were confirmed. We also talked about Neil Gorsuch and his hearing was happening during our class and all today.
There isn't a lot to say on this issue but I think that Neil Gorsuch sounds like a level headed man and I think if he becomes a Supreme court justice he will be a originalist and "live by the law." But one thing I don't really understand is why Supreme court justices serve life long terms. I think that as our civil rights and laws leaders we can't have the same people voting on different issues the same ways. Since everyone else in Government doesn't serve life long terms I don't think that the people in our Supreme Court should. They should serve something like an Eight year long term and they don't have to worry about getting kicked out after making a decision. After their term a new judge is appointed.
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