What happens when a Supreme Court Justice appears on Fox News? The left clutches their pearls and wails about the end of non-partisan jurisprudence.
Non-partisan jurisprudence was just fine when the Supreme Court tilted left with justices that were content to find Constitutional rights that didn’t exist to put forward a political agenda. That didn’t matter. But suddenly, President Trump appoints two originalist Justices and it’s the end of the freaking world.
One of those originalists, Justice Neil Gorsuch, appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and discussed his book, A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
That completely triggered CNN’s “Media Watchdog” Brian Stelter who tweeted about it immediately.
Justice Neil Gorsuch is on "Fox & Friends" right now. The Q: How is it appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book by chatting on one of the most partisan shows on TV?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 17, 2019
But he wasn’t alone.
Justice Gorsuch going on Fox and Friends is a terrible look for the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Roberts should step in for the good of the court.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) December 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1206976384083599361?s=20
Some were actually upset that Justice Gorsuch started the interview by saying “Merry Christmas” a mere 8 days before Christmas.
The seasonal greeting is now a “Rightwing Talking Point,” y’all.
https://twitter.com/seankent/status/1206944179785469952?s=20
The right wing infatuation with the notion that the words "Merry Christmas" are some sort of provocative and brave demonstration sure makes for some awkward interview openings. cc: Neil Gorsuch, Fox and Friends.
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) December 17, 2019
Gorsuch literally only said "Merry Christmas." I was unaware that Merry Christmas is now a Republican talking point that outrages the left. All I can say to that is….
MERRY CHRISTMAS! pic.twitter.com/xIZpThLBWN
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/AmandaPresto/status/1206945570876805121?s=20
Ian Millhiser, Senior Correspondent for Vox was offended on behalf of parliamentary democracies everywhere.
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1206928910904123392?s=20
I’m sure Canada, the U.K, and Australia are thrilled with the White Knighting by Mr. Millhiser. (Also, yes, indeed, they are less free. The United States is the most free nation on earth specifically because the checks and balances of power were built into founding documents.)
Others, from the side that wants to abolish the Electoral College, stack the Supreme Court, and impeach a President because they don’t like his tweets, were upset that he was promoting his book on the Fox News Channel.
https://twitter.com/segalmr/status/1206956750957666304?s=20
But, as some Twitter users pointed out, he’s hardly the first to promote his book on ideologically-friendly television shows.
Here is Justice Breyer pitching his book on Colbert in 2015 https://t.co/oz8P4cBuJG pic.twitter.com/fhBARiY4Bj
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) December 17, 2019
“I want young readers, too, to know a little bit about my life.” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells @savannahguthrie about why she decided to write books for children pic.twitter.com/dsIqFimBpZ
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 4, 2018
-Justice Breyer promoted his book on Colbert in Sept. 2015
-Justice Sotomayor promoted her book on Colbert in Nov. 2018
-BONUS: Justice Ginsburg received an MTV Movie & TV Award for being a "real-life hero" for "RBG" in 2019But, yes, let's have a convo about Gorsuch. https://t.co/fAxc8w6UzE
— siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) December 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/GarrettVentry/status/1206942017655394304?s=20
CNN: "Gorsuch going on TV is totally out of line"
Also CNN: pic.twitter.com/0igSuR0iZ6
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) December 17, 2019
The entire mythology of Ruth Bader Ginsberg is just beyond the pale.
And the claim that Justice Gorsuch is only promoting his book on Fox & Friends is ridiculous.
He was on CNN in September to promote his book when it was actually released.
https://t.co/Mi0lBwYg81 it was a good interview, too
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) December 17, 2019
But, enough with facts. Back to the hysterical leftists.
Oh I think I can answer this one — it’s because Neil Gorsuch is has no integrity whatsoever https://t.co/3sL4VLHW6o
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) December 17, 2019
It's not appropriate. Neil Gorsuch's brazen unethical conduct simply confirms we are no longer in a Constitutional republic under the rule of law, but rather in an autocracy of elites where laws are subjective in their application. https://t.co/u1NOCpOFQ5
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) December 17, 2019
What I find puzzling about Gorsuch is that he seems invested in selling himself and his methodology as apolitical yet he won’t do easy, symbolic things that would make him look like less of an extreme partisan https://t.co/YjeO40dEUw
— Dan Epps (@danepps) December 17, 2019
Neil Gorsuch can eat shit. He is a partisan hack who stole a Supreme Court seat. Fuck him and his shit book.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) December 17, 2019
A man as intelligent as Justice Gorsuch knows the insidious role FOX plays in the dismantling of the rule of law. He is signaling that he supports the establishment of a potentially fascist, authoritarian government. https://t.co/HuexNTLev4
— – (@MurphyCartoons) December 17, 2019
This contributor to The Onion didn’t appear to be joking.
The holidays are a time of giving like how Neil Gorsuch went on Fox and Friends to let Trump know he's been given the gift of a corrupt right-wing Supreme Court.
— maura quint (@behindyourback) December 17, 2019
And, of course, RUSSIA!
THIS is where Gorsuch and Kavanaugh pay back their Russian-owned overlord. https://t.co/7nBJoUA4ri
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) December 13, 2019
It got very weird…
Not for nothing, but seeing the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, on "Fox & Friends" is like walking in on your Grandpa using your electric toothbrush as a vibrator. Exactly like that.
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) December 17, 2019
This Times op-ed writer is just triggered by non-liberals on the Supreme Court because… Merrick Garland.
Everytime Neil Gorsuch trends remember Merrick Garland. Everyime Brett Kavanaugh trends remember Dr. Christine Ford. The Supreme Court is tainted and compromised. Let's hope Justice Roberts puts the integrity of the judiciary over party and ideology but…don't hold your breath.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) December 17, 2019
But hey, thanks for making everything partisan, leftists. That’s just awesome!
Oh, by the way, that’s literally how you got President Trump.
