When anyone criticizes the honesty, integrity, the motives of a federal judge, I find that disheartening, I find that demoralizing, because I know the truth. Neil Gorsuch More Quotes by Neil Gorsuch More Quotes From Neil Gorsuch I know a case or two has been mentioned. Neil Gorsuch top-news Boy, I don’t even know what to say now, you really caught me off guard there. Neil Gorsuch politics I do ask for a show of hands -- not about the question you asked, but about the following question, and I ask it of everybody: How many of you have had questions like this asked of you in the employment environment? An inappropriate question about your family planning? and I am shocked every year senator how many young women raise their hands, it's disturbing to me. Neil Gorsuch politics Senator, I would have walked out the door, that's not what judges do. They don't do it at that end of Pennsylvania Avenue and they shouldn't do it at this end either. Neil Gorsuch politics We have a Constitution and it does guarantee free exercise and it also guarantees equal protection of the laws and a whole lot else. Neil Gorsuch politics I'd like to convey to you -- from the bottom of my heart -- is that I am a fair judge. Neil Gorsuch politics I have participated in 2,700 opinions over 10 and a half years. And, if you want cases where I've ruled for the little guy as well as the big guy, there are plenty of them. Neil Gorsuch politics I would be tipping my hand and suggesting to litigants that I have already made up my mind. Neil Gorsuch politics Senator, we have a Constitution, and it does guarantee free exercise. It also guarantees equal protection of the laws. And a whole lot else besides, … I will apply the law faithfully and fearlessly and without regard to persons. Neil Gorsuch politics Senator, he has no idea how I’d rule in that case and, senator, I’m not going to say anything here that’s going to give anybody any idea how I’d rule in any case like that that could come before the Supreme Court or my court on the 10th Circuit, it would be grossly improper of a judge to do that. It would be a violation of the separation of powers and judicial independence if someone sitting at this table, in order to get confirmed, had to make promises or commitments about how they’d rule in a case that’s currently pending and likely to make its way to the Supreme Court. Neil Gorsuch politics Anyone, any law is gonna get a fair and square deal with me. Neil Gorsuch politics Once a case is settled, that adds to the determinacy of the law, what was once a hotly-contested issue is no longer a hotly-contested issue. We move forward. Neil Gorsuch politics Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, is a precedent of the United States Supreme Court, it has been reaffirmed…and all of the other factors that go into analyzing precedent have to be considered. Neil Gorsuch politics I have offered no promises on how I'd rule, in any case, to anyone and I don't think it's appropriate for a judge to do so. Neil Gorsuch politics There's no such thing as a Republican judge or a Democratic judge. We just have judges. Neil Gorsuch top-news I have watched my colleagues spend long days worrying over cases, sometimes the answers follow us home and keep us up at night. Neil Gorsuch politics I am humbled to he here, ours is a judiciary of honest black polyester. Neil Gorsuch politics I wonder if people realize that Justices (Clarence) Thomas and (Sonia) Sotomayor agree about 60% of the time, or that Justices Scalia and (Stephen) Breyer agreed even more often than that. Neil Gorsuch politics In Colorado today, there is God and John Elway and Peyton Manning. In my childhood it was God and Byron White. Neil Gorsuch politics In my decade on the bench, I have tried to treat all who come to court fairly and with respect, i have ruled for disabled students, prisoners and workers alleging civil rights violations.Sometimes, I have ruled against such persons, too. But my decisions have never reflected a judgment about the people before me -- only my best judgment about the law and facts at issue in each particular case. Neil Gorsuch politics
