Neil Gorsuch Archives

— Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, quoted by the Salt Lake Tribune.

Well, the filibuster met its ignominious fate,
And U.S. senators no longer have to deliberate.
And as for Neil Gorsuch,
One doesn’t have to say much,
Except our newest justice and our president are equally legitimate.

Senate Democrats Reach Filibuster Threshold

April 4, 2017 Buck Banks

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Senate Democrats “appeared to secure the votes necessary to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, sending the body hurtling toward a bitter partisan confrontation later this week,” the New York Times reports.

Gorsuch? Not Much.

February 1, 2017March 17, 2017 Buck Banks

Following a weekend of travel-ban outrage,
Trump tried to make us feel somewhat encouraged.
But liberals can’t expect much
From conservative Neil Gorsuch,
Though he promised “Impartiality and independence, collegiality and courage.”

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Gorsuch Talks Rubbish

“So many people seem to think that judges are just like politicians with robes. Rubbish.”

— Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, quoted by the Salt Lake Tribune.

Neither Got the Votes

Senate Democrats Reach Filibuster Threshold

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Senate Democrats “appeared to secure the votes necessary to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, sending the body hurtling toward a bitter partisan confrontation later this week,” the New York Times reports.

Gorsuch? Not Much.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Why are prices so high under Joe Biden?”

— House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), talking to reporters in January 2026.

“If I were you, Mr. President, I would kill the leadership that are killing the people.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), on Fox News, urging President Trump to kill Iran’s supreme leader.

“A tyrannical theocracy has shut down the internet for an entire country so the world can’t see the brutal tactics it plans to use to crush a free Iran. In my view, this is the biggest free-speech story in the world right now.”

— Greg Lukianoff, head of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, on X.

Numerati

15 million

335,000

New data reveals that a staggering 335,000 federal workers left government work last year, with the vast majority quitting or retiring — only 11,000 were a result of layoffs from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Washington Post reports.

10%

$1.5 trillion

33%

One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country’s president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.