NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS |
AFL-CIO opposes Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch
The national AFL-CIO has
unsafe vehicle or
launched an online petition
wait in freezing
to urge senators to oppose
temperatures for
President Trump’s Supreme
road assistance to
Court nominee, Neil Gor-
arrive—despite six
such, to a lifetime appoint-
other judges up-
ment.
holding the driver’s
Gorsuch, 49, is a very
claim.
conservative judge from the
“He is far more
federal Court of Appeals
likely to rule in fa-
Neil Gorsuch
for the 10th Circuit. He rou-
vor of corporate in-
tinely has voted against the
terests and against
interests of working people the interests of working men
when it comes to safety on the and women,” the AFL-CIO said
job and discrimination in the in a statement.
workplace, and he has denied
Senate Democrats are mount-
workers’ efforts to secure earned ing a filibuster of the nomination,
wages and benefits.
led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley.
For example, Gorsuch ruled
“Nominating a right-wing
against a truck driver who was judge to the seat that was stolen
fired after refusing to drive an from President Obama in a
brazen attempt to pack the court
is enormously damaging to the
integrity of the Supreme Court,”
Merkley said. “If this tactic suc-
ceeds, it will set a dangerous
new precedent and I’m deter-
mined to resist it. I will filibuster
this illegitimate nomination.”
Additionally, Democrats say
the vote should be postponed
until the FBI completes its in-
vestigation of possible collusion
between the Trump campaign
and Russia during the 2016
election cycle.
Republicans hold 52 seats in
the Senate. They need 60 votes
to break the filibuster. A confir-
mation vote could take place as
soon as April 7 (after this issue
went to press).
The Supreme Court vacancy
was created in February 2016
following the death of Justice
Antonin Scalia. Then-President
Barack Obama nominated Mer-
rick Garland, a moderate chief
judge of the U.S. Court of Ap-
peals for the D.C. Circuit. But
the Republican-controlled Sen-
ate refused to hold confirmation
hearings—a partisan scheme
unprecedented in American his-
“Nominating a right-
wing judge to the seat
that was stolen from
President Obama in a
brazen attempt to pack
the court is enormously
damaging to the in-
tegrity of the Supreme
Court,”
— Oregon U.S. Sen.
Jeff Merkley
tory, Merkley said.
“The next justice confirmed
to the U.S. Supreme Court will
play a critical role in shaping
and enforcing the laws that pro-
tect working people,” the AFL-
CIO said.
ONLINE EXTRA
To see the AFL-CIO’s review of Gorsuch’s
record in workers’ rights cases go to our
website at https://nwlaborpress.org.
To add your name to the AFL-CIO peti-
tion, go to bit.ly/2oWzcSa
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