President Trump speaks during his announcement of federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)President Trump’s Twitter assault on the “so-called judge” who put a nationwide hold on the president’s executive order on immigration has motivated Democrats to challenge Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, on an important but elusive issue. “We need a nominee for the Supreme Court willing to demonstrate he or she will not cower to an overreaching executive,” he said. “With each action testing the Constitution, and each personal attack on a judge, President Trump raises the bar even higher for Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court,” Schumer said in a statement. But it is not easy to look at a judge’s past rulings and make ironclad predictions about his future on the Supreme Court.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2017 21:11 UTC