Graham Slams Politicization of Judicial Branch, Argues Gorsuch Is 'Qualified'
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham made a simple argument for approving Judge Neil Gorsuch on Monday: He’s qualified for the job.
Disparaging the politicization of the judicial branch, Graham said that he didn’t agree with the legal views of Judge Elena Kagan and Judge Sonia Sotomayor, two judges former President Barack Obama put on the Supreme Court, but he voted for them because they were well qualified.
Gorsuch, he said, is equally well qualified.
“What happened between now and then, how did we go from being able to being able to understand that [the late Judge Antonin] Scalia was a well qualified conservative and [Judge Ruth Bader] Ginsberg was a well qualified liberal?” Graham said in his opening remarks. “I don’t know how we got there, but I hope we turn around and go back. Because what we’re doing is going to tear apart the judiciary.”