New Blog C11-3: Gorsuch Disagrees with Trump's Tweets

On Wednesday evening CNN wrote an article following Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and his thoughts on Trump's tweets. Gorsuch says that he is "disheartened" and the comment "demoralized" the courts. Gorsuch had a meeting with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal to talk about the tweets. Gorsuch claims that any attack on a federal judge is an attack on the court system. Senators are looking at ways that Gorsuch can be independent from the president and he may just have shown one way. Coming out and speaking for his colleagues and showing his thoughts of the president was a great way to prove to senators that Gorsuch may not be as bad as some Democrats believe. Gorsuch has been keeping fairly quiet since he was nominated but his communications director confirmed his comments and remarks to Blumenthal. Gorsuch has been meeting with senators on both sides of the aisle since he was nominated and even more so with Democratic senators from states that voted for Trump. Blumenthal was later asked if he would vote for Gorsuch and said that he would wait until the Senate Judiciary committee finishes its hearings and then he will decide. Blumenthal and Gorsuch had about a 40 minute meeting and though they talked about the things that they both love they also talked about reproductive rights, workers rights, and consumer protection issues. Blumenthal said that he did not receive specific answers and was disappointed. that is why he is deciding to wait till all of the hearings on Gorsuch are finished before he decides.