WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) explained that Judge Neil Gorsuch is a superbly well-qualified, mainstream judge who deserves an up-or-down vote on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
During his speech on the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Toomey said:
"The view that I have-and I believe the one that Judge Gorsuch shares-is that [w]hat the law says matters, and that includes the Constitution."
"A judge is supposed to see everyone the same regardless of race, sex, wealth, political affiliation, or other characteristics. A judge is obligated to neutrally apply the law. Whether you are a man or a woman, young or old, rich or poor, black or white, that is not supposed to matter to a judge. There is a reason our symbol of justice, Lady Justice, is depicted wearing a blindfold-it is because as a judge you are not supposed to decide based on these characteristics of a person; you are supposed to decide based on what the law says. This is fundamental to an independent judiciary, to a nation that lives by the rule of law."
"If our Democratic colleagues aren't willing to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court then there's no one that they're going to confirm to the Supreme Court. We cannot allow a democratic minority to block an up-or-down vote and deny filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court for four or eight years. We simply can't allow that to happen and I trust that we won't."
Video of full remarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR76mmTiutA
