Franken is ripping Gorsuch for saying the poor truck driver should have froze to death

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[Warpy]

1. Gorsuch's views on labor are positively Mediaeval

Labor has no rights at all, including the ones to life or liberty.

He is a monumentally evil man.

If he gets in (and he likely will), he will never be a legitimate Justice. Never.

[malaise]

4. Al is tearing him a new one

re his pledge to the 'cause' as in Bush and ReTHUG cause

[malaise]

2. This is the one I want to hear

Leahy was great as well

[C_U_L8R]

3. I adore Senator Franken

That is all

[exboyfil]

5. I always wanted the hypothetical to be asked

What if he stayed and died? Would Gorusch then claim that the employer did act with his employee's safety in mind because any reasonable person would unhook the trailer and drive away. It would have been the driver's fault that he died.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. And if he had driven with the trailer with the frozen brakes

and caused an accident, the trucking company would have been sued. By doing what he did, he saved himself AND his employer. And for that he was fired and Gorsuch thinks that's a okay!

[n2doc]

10. And he still would have lost his job for being in an accident.

And probably been blackballed.

If he had frozen to death the Trucking company would have been sued by the Trucker's next of kin.

The only scenario where everyone emerges whole is the one the Trucker chose.

[cwydro]

7. I hate posts that refer to something, but no link or reference point.

Some of us don't watch TV all day long.

[barbtries]

8. ditto.

however, i do surmise that this post has to do with the gorsuch hearing.

[Staph]

9. Try this link.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/21/opinions/judge-gorsuch-the-frozen-truck-driver-opinion-callan/

Senator Franken went to the heart of the situation, asking Gorsuch what he would do personally if he were in the cab of that truck, in minus 14 degree weather. Would he stay with the truck and die of hypothermia, or would he take the trailer with the frozen brakes out on the interstate, driving at 10 to 15 miles per hour among other vehicles going 70?

Gorsuch had no answer but word salad.