From Reuters…

Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, on Monday emphasized the need for judicial independence even as Trump castigates jurists who have ruled against him, while Democrats questioned whether he would rule against abortion rights and gun control while favoring corporations.

With the ideological balance of the Supreme Court at stake, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened its confirmation hearing for Gorsuch, a conservative federal appeals court judge from Colorado. Republicans praised Gorsuch, 49, as highly qualified for a lifetime appointment as a justice.

“I think we’re off to a good start,” Republican Chuck Grassley, the committee’s chairman, said afterward, with senators getting their first shot at questioning Gorsuch on Tuesday.

Committee Democrats noted Gorsuch has the chance to join the court only because Senate Republicans last year refused to consider Democratic former President Barack Obama’s nomination of federal appellate judge Merrick Garland. Despite slim chances of blocking his nomination in the Republican-led Senate, Democrats raised questions about Gorsuch’s suitability for the job.

Good.

Because he is unqualified, at least ethically. The man is disgusting, and cannot be allowed to sit on the Supreme Court. Unlike Agent Orange, we don’t have a chance of getting rid of him. If he gets on, this country will be even more fucked well beyond the Drumpf presidency, no matter who we elect in two to four years…

We must make our displeasure heard, so he can’t get approved.

Although the cynic in me says it doesn’t matter… he’s probably going to get confirmed anyways. And even if he doesn’t, against, Agent Orange gets to pick the next nominee, and they’ll be at least as bad…