In a prelude to the inevitable judicial battle, the Democrats and the Republicans bitterly fought before Jeff Sessions was confirmed on Wednesday as the Attorney General. His alleged racist past continues to haunt the new AG, who is a strong advocate of immigration restrictions and strong-arm tactics for crime control.
The Senate voted mostly on party lines to confirm Mr. Sessions, with one Democrat crossing over. With the confirmation, Mr. Sessions takes the lead in the Justice Department’s efforts to defend the travel ban.
Mr. Gorsuch termed Mr. Trump’s comments on the judges “disheartening” and “demoralising”, according to Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. Republican Senator Ben Sasse said Mr. Gorsuch told him that he considered “any attack on brothers or sisters of the robe as an attack on all judges”.
Mr. Trump responded on Twitter: “Senator Richard Blumenthal…now misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?”
