The article I chose to read and depict was Neil Gorsuch faces the Senate. The reason I chose to do this article is because in class we are currently going over the House of reps. and the senate, as well as the supreme court justice Neil Gorsuch. In the article written by The Editorial Board of the New York Times you cans surely tell that it was written from a democrats point of view and opinion. The article then talks about how Neil is not a good choice or candidate for this position, it also stated that the position should of been filled a year ago by former president Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland. After three days of questioning Neil the Democrats began to flake out due them not being able to stump him. It was obviously shown that the questioners were failing to l and any further or serious blows or Gorsuch and began to influence him on his future role in office and not trying to stall or deny his confirmation. In the past justice nominees have shown good potential in being a good justice during being questioned and depicted, the real test will see what happens in action. On this topic and I article I disagree with the fact that he is going to be a bad fit for the new justice. I feel like what he has shown in his speeches and how he has handled being questioned he will make a good fit and be fine. I do think he should become more open minded and not such a strait ticket, being a supreme court justice is very important and many times dealt with people lives.

McCallum Hutchins
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/opinion/neil-gorsuch-faces-the-senate.html?_r=0

The article I chose to read and discuss was from CBS News, it was titled "Ruth Bader Ginsburg acknowledges Trump will fill Supreme court vacancy". This article discussed many topics on the new appointment to the court, Obamas past appointees, and Ruth's views on Trump and the vacancy. early in the article the 83 year old justice said "Trump will fill it", this proves that she has faith and excepts who Trump will fill in the vacancy with. Earlier in the summer news reports and articles have quotes of Ruth saying, "She did not want to think about Trump being elected and being our countries new president", she later took that back and said "she has mass amounts of respect for our Countries leader". Also stated in the article, while President Obama was still in office he nominated liberal judge Merrick Garland for Scalia's seat was quickly shot down by conservative senators. Ruth also stated that having all seats full in the supreme courts with justices is better due to them not having ties. This article ties into what we are learning in class because we are discussing the supreme court and the justices that are currently in it and Trumps nominee. On this topic I respect and like what Ruth says about Trump and that he will get the job done, I also agree that having more conservative justices is better.

McCallum Hutchins

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-acknowledges-trump-will-fill-supreme-court-vacancy/

The article I chose to read and evaluate was Brown vs. The Board of Education. This was a court case in 1954 in the hands of the supreme court. Within the hands of the supreme court, they made a landmark and unbelievable unanimous decision to overturn the previous court case of Plessy v. Ferguson of "Separate but Equal" in 1896. This then declared that "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal".This was huge for African Americans and helped put a big step forward in civil rights. The unanimous decisions ended racial segregation and conformed to the 14th amendment which is equal protection for everyone. Before this court case the NAACP was working hard in many different cases to help fix school and public segregation of African Americans. This article relates to what we are learning in class because this week we started to talk about civil rights and court cases for blacks, minorities, or women and this court case falls into civil rights for African Americans. on this specific article my position is that everyone should be equal for everything and I agree with the supreme court with having a unanimous vote for the case and to over turn the other case of Plessy v. Ferguson.

McCallum Hutchins

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka

The article I red was about President elect Trump banning lobbyist and putting an end to it. Trump an this team are working hard to put a ban and keep incoming lobbyist into the government and administration. To do this they need to keep former lobbyist and federal workers from taking lobbying jobs when they leave the government. The new rules that Trump stated were that people will have to submit a lobbying form and those who work or worked in the administration will have to take a 5-year ban once they leave before they come back. President trump stated that it is crucial that people aren't using the government to just enrich themselves and for them to be using it and working the right way. This article ties into what we are talking about in class because this resent chapter we talked, red, and watched  about lobbyist and how horrible it is to take away from your country and how un patriotic it is. On this topic I agree with Mr. Trumps policies and I hope he continues to enforce them because I love the opportunities my country gives me and no one should take advantage and cheat their own great country.

McCallum Hutchins

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-11-17/donald-trump-transition-team-institutes-ban-on-lobbyists-from-administration