More ���Doing What He Said He Would Do���: Trump Nominates Respected Constitutionalist to SCOTUS

Much of the world apparently doesn���t know what to make of a President of the United States who gets right to work doing the things he said he would do if elected.

Although many are up in arms over the executive orders and other moves made by the new president since he took over from President Obama, it seems difficult to deny that Donald Trump is merely proceeding with the pledges he made on the campaign trail.

And one of his biggest pledge fulfillments so far was his choice to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, every media outlet, including The Hill, gave due space and attention to Trump���s decision to nominate Neil Gorsuch, presently a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, to sit on the bench of the highest court in the land.

The perception of an increase in judicial activism on the part of the Court, combined with the nomination of left-leaning judges by President Obama during his term in office, made the 2016 election a single-issue contest for many Republican voters.

Trump, in making the announcement from the White House before a large and very-receptive audience, cited the singular importance of the Supreme Court nomination to so much of the GOP electorate.

���Millions of voters said this was the single most important issue to them, and I am a man of my word and will do what I say, something the American people have been asking of Washington for a very long time,��� the president said.

As The Hill points out, Gorsuch is known to be an ���originalist��� as a jurist, one who looks to interpret the Constitution as it was originally written. This perspective sits in opposition to those who believe it should be viewed as a ���living, breathing��� document to be interpreted in terms of how society has changed and evolved.

In accepting the nomination, Gorsuch casually reiterated his belief as to how the Constitution should be seen by a Supreme Court Justice:

���Standing here, in a house of history and acutely aware of my own imperfections, I pledge that if I���m confirmed I���ll do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great country,��� Gorsuch said.

Although some Democratic politicians, like Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), were quick to express their reservations over the nomination, and others, including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), have already vowed to oppose it outright, Gorsuch has enjoyed relatively warm, bipartisan support in previous confirmation processes. As a matter of fact, when he was nominated to the appellate court back in 2006, the support for Gorsuch was so strong he was confirmed with a voice vote.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large