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In reply to the discussion: Gorsuch Apparently Plagiarized Passages in Book [View all]brush
(53,791 posts)61. A question: Why defend this Scalia acolyte, an extreme right winger who is going to vote...
Last edited Fri Apr 7, 2017, 02:33 PM - Edit history (3)
against all progressive/liberal measures and try with the rest of the repugs to take us back to the '50s, and
black people back to the back of the bus, and where Roe v. Wade will be toast, coat hanger use will soar
again, Medicare and Medicaid will be faint memories and Social Security will be privatized?
I'm puzzled. What is that about?
And he didn't cite attribution for everything lifted from another's writings.
That's why the charges came to light.
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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