Gorsuch shows that Donald Trump doesn’t hire yes men

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Turns out President Trump doesn’t care much for yes men. He’s picked a Supreme Court nominee who’s comfortable criticizing the executive during interviews with both Republican and Democrat senators. And ironically, that’s to the new president’s credit.

The development shows that Trump is more interested in Gorsuch’s abilities and qualifications than in getting his ego massaged. For a supposedly fascist megalomaniac who allegedly wants to fashion an autocracy from the burning heap of our representative democracy, that’s not bad.

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