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In reply to the discussion: Gorsuch Apparently Plagiarized Passages in Book [View all]Last edited Thu Apr 6, 2017, 06:26 AM - Edit history (2)
i actually read and compared the relevant passages in the two texts. There certainly were similarities and Gorsuch certainly was aware of the source material. But the ideas/facts themselves are not protected; only the expression of them is. In many cases, the ideas/facts in the two texts just don't lend themselves to being expressed very differently. Maybe Gorsuch should have played it safer by attributing the source or footnoting. But I didn't think it was as horrible as some here do. But maybe that's because I actually looked beyond the headline and news story posted to DU and read the stuff?
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Last second? The damn republicans are racing for a confirmation before we find out about him.
George II
Apr 2017
#2
Monica Crowley stepped away from job as sr. comm. director with trump admin due to plagiarism
diva77
Apr 2017
#62
3 colleges he attended, there are links to the same 'suicide theme' for school writings.
Sunlei
Apr 2017
#6
Just curious: did he play any part in writing that 1984 article in the Indiana Law Journal?
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2017
#9
interesting points & there is no hurry, not sure why Republicans try to cram him through so fast.
Sunlei
Apr 2017
#14
Minor plagiarism doesn't get me too upset. But he appears opposed to euthanasia, assisted suicide.
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#11
Plagiarism doesn't get you upset? Are you serious, for a life-time appointment to SCOTUS?
brush
Apr 2017
#30
A couple of passages in a book entitled The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, is not some
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#31
Gonna have to do better than this plagiarism stuff to stop confirmation. Pretty much agree with this
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#35
Maybe it won't stop the confirmation but, why make excuses for "minor" plagiarism? Not cool.
brush
Apr 2017
#36
Because that it was it is, minor. I consider throwing trash on the road a bigger deal than what he
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#37
Plagarizing is a big deal in academia of which he is part of. And since Republicans
KittyWampus
Apr 2017
#40
I worked for months on the Clinton campaign and I do not think plagiarsm for a SCOTUS candidate...
brush
Apr 2017
#42
Didn't imply. I explicitly said circumstances of his alleged "plagiarism" don't concern me
Hoyt
Apr 2017
#46
There's no excuse for plagiarism. One alledged to be qualified for the Supreme Court shouldn't...
brush
Apr 2017
#47
Lazy writing. He still should have used notes. And Gorsuch is a Scalia acolyte so I don't see...
brush
Apr 2017
#53
Yes I have. He re-ordered sentences in some cases but changed them little from other writers
brush
Apr 2017
#55