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Gorsuch crushes Durbin’s weak line of questioning on student letter

By Emily Jashinsky
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Gorsuch crushes Durbin’s weak line of questioning on student letter

Just days before Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing was set to begin, a former student of his sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary committee alleging Gorsuch raised a troubling question about women during a class at the University of Colorado Law School last year.

Gorsuch, the student claimed, implied during a class discussion about women in the workforce that “women intentionally manipulate companies” for maternity benefits.

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