Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 26, 2017
Reassessing Gorsuch's civil rights record
The view of Justice Neil Gorsuch as "anti-civil rights" is flawed. The truth is more complicated.
Scott J. Street
Partner
Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP
Phone: (213) 205-2800
Email: sstreet@jwhowardattorneys.com
Scott has taught at Loyola Law School, practiced in the U.S. Supreme Court and written for the Daily Journal and other publications.
Liberal groups have criticized new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch as a right-wing hack who would protect the government and corporations and roll back protections for ordinary people. This includes civil rights laws. Indeed, reviewing his nomination, the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund said Gorsuch "would take a narrow view of - if not affirmatively weaken - the fundamental and hard-fought civil rights of African Americans and other historically marginalized communities."
But the...
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