Re: Power of the SCOTUS IX: The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the SCOTUS nine that day
It seems a bit odd to me that you would put Gorsuch in the same category as those two. He seems to me more like the Elena Kagan of the right. Even though her opinions all slant left, they are well-reasoned and have a solid judicial basis. The differences between the quality of her thinking and Sotomayor's are profound. Every now and then, she surprises you, as when she voted in the 7-2 majority in the ruling against Medicad expansion in NFIB vs Sebelius. I see a similar parallel between Gorsuch and Alito. Just as Kagan approaches the law from the left, she still reasons within the law; so does Gorsuch. With Sotomayor, she starts with her answer and then works backward to figure out how to justify it; and Alito seems to do that as well.
Originally posted by ScoobyDoo
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