Thoughts on the duty of the courts to enforce the Constitution and the law, from Glenn Reynolds. It’s based on new book by Randy Barnett.

[Late-morning update]

Actually, Neil Gorsuch is for the little guy:

It’s hard to see what Hirono, Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer and all the other Democrats are talking about when they say Gorsuch doesn’t stick up for the little guy. But if you look more closely at his cases and the Democrats’ charges, you realize what the Democrats mean.

First, in Yellowbear, Little Sisters, Makkar, Carloss and the burping case, Gorsuch was ruling against government overreach. In Kelo, he praised the ruling against the government. And there’s the issue. When Democrats talk about being for the little guy, they often mean being for government power. The two concepts are inseparable in the liberal mind-set.

And when they conflict, they go for the government power every time. That’s why they shouldn’t be called “liberals.”

No one concerned about traditions of the Senate would be advocating a party-line filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee. #CrocodileTears

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) April 4, 2017

Don't give them an easy out. Make them actually filibuster from the well. Show the public what real obstructionism looks like. https://t.co/8RswBd3iIB

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) April 4, 2017