Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley will tell Judge Neil Gorsuch not to “worry” about Democrats’ attacks on his Supreme Court nomination during this week’s hearings.
Grassley’s prepared remarks for Monday’s Judiciary Committee hearing indicate he will tell Gorsuch to expect Democrats will say he’s working for the “big guy” against the “little guy.”
“You’ll scratch your head when you hear this, because it’s as if you judges write the laws instead of us senators, but if Congress passes a bad law, as a judge you’re not allowed to just pretend we passed a good law,” Grassley will say. “So if you hear that you’re for some business or against some plaintiff — don’t worry. We’ve heard it all before. It’s an old claim, from an even older playbook. You and I and the American People know whose responsibility it is to correct a law that produces a result you dislike.”
Hearings on Gorsuch’s nomination start on Monday and Gorsuch will face the grilling question-and-answer sessions from senators on Tuesday.
