President Trump's Supreme Court pick expressed contempt for protesters, praised right wing militias

[octoberlib]

President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court expressed disdain for apartheid protesters in a series of columns published by a Columbia University newspaper — and one time had to retract a fabricated story about a student activist, the Daily News has learned.

Neil Gorsuch, who was nominated by Trump on Tuesday night, graduated from the Ivy League school in 1988 with a political science degree. While enrolled, Gorsuch penned columns for the Columbia Daily Spectator about what he perceived as a liberal bias plaguing the student body.

In one column, Gorsuch blasted student “coalitions” protesting American companies profiting off of South Africa's segregationist Apartheid system.

The young Gorsuch questioned why students would oppose such investments since it paid “for our need-blind admissions policy.” He also wondered why "gentrification" got such a bad rap in New York City.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-scotus-pick-expressed-contempt-protesters-article-1.2961074?cid=bitly

[randr]

1. They said that the "people" should decide

and then let the Electoral College make the choice.
A margin larger than 10 million Americans did not chose Gorsuch.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[The_Voice_of_Reason]

2. This does not surprise me,

as it is the typical thinking of those from the privileged class.

[Ilsa]

4. What a privileged upbringing he's had.

I'm sure he's experienced pain in his life, but he doesn't appear to have any empathy, being so literal and rules driven.

[Cha]

5. KICK