Nothing But the Law: Gorsuch Owns Feinstein On How SCOTUS Actually Works

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By Nate Madden, Conservative Review:

It doesn’t matter what he personally believes about cases, Neil Gorsuch is here to examine what the law says, an amicable-yet-telling exchange before the judiciary committee Tuesday morning revealed.

In his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Trump’s pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia made his views very clear with the answers he didn’t give, more than the answers he did.

During her question, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, R-Calif., a ranking member of the committee, pressed the 10th Circuit Court jurist on one of the most consequential Second Amendment cases in recent history: D.C. v. Heller. But, if she was looking for a “gotcha” moment to paint Gorsuch as some kind of jurisprudential gun nut, she ended up coming away empty-handed.

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