When Donald Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus addressed the Conservative Political Action Committee in February, he identified two priorities of the administration: the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, and deregulation. It turns out that elevating Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and achieving deregulation are inextricably linked. When questioned at his hearing about what ideology he would bring to the court, Gorsuch made the disingenuous claim, “There’s no such thing as a Republican judge or a Democratic judge. He was on a list prepared by the two right-wing groups from which Trump dutifully selected his Supreme Court nominee. All Democratic senators should filibuster the nomination of Gorsuch for associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2017 03:00 UTC