Nicholas Tomaino: “Politico Aims at Gorsuch and Misses”
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Nicholas Tomaino—Assistant Editorial Features Editor at The Wall Street Journal—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest editorial, “Politico Aims at Gorsuch and Misses.” Politico’s Heidi Przybyla alleges that the sale of a property linked to Neil Gorsuch amounts to an ethics problem for the Supreme Court Justice. But as Tomaino points out, Justice Gorsuch disclosed the transaction and “didn’t own the property directly. Rather, he held a 20% share in Walden Group LLC, a company he and two partners formed when they bought the house in 2005, before Mr. Gorsuch was a judge. The company listed the property for sale in 2015, asking $2.495 million, and sold it to Mr. Duffy two years later for $1.825 million.” So where is the ethics problem? You can read Tomaino’s full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/politico-aims-at-gorsuch-and-misses-disclosure-colorado-ethics-reform-durbin-87a4fc50?mod=opinion_lead_pos7
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| 0:00.0 | This is the only show on your schedule from talk radio 1210 WPHD in the Free Odyssey app |
| 0:07.7 | You know speed of the courts and it's good that you are here today because we have an excellent excellent guest joining us in fact the |
| 0:14.8 | The timing could not be better and I want to welcome to the program |
| 0:18.8 | Nicholas Tomano Nick is the Nicholas is the assistant editorial features editor at the wall street journal Nicholas |
| 0:26.2 | I'm rich nice to meet you today. Thanks for being on the show. Hey Rich |
| 0:29.8 | Thanks so much for having me. It's a pleasure. Did I say your last name right to me no |
| 0:34.0 | You did you did. I'm very impressed. Thank you. Well as a zioli to a tomato. I try my best, you know what I mean? |
| 0:40.5 | I assume this is an Italian connection |
| 0:43.0 | It is yeah |
| 0:44.5 | Well, it's good to have you here pies on. I appreciate it very very much |
| 0:47.3 | First of all, let me get your opinion if I could about the the Senate ethics hearing on the United States Supreme Court |
| 0:53.7 | Justices it's going on right now |
| 0:56.1 | Sure, I think the best way to understand it is that at its best. It's essentially a bad solution and search of a problem |
| 1:04.4 | There are some suggested reforms for ethics probably in best faith led by senators |
| 1:11.6 | Morkowski and King |
| 1:14.0 | But even then they would probably devolve into |
| 1:17.8 | mere politicization of the court by its worst actors |
| 1:21.7 | At its worst and probably at its most honest reading |
| 1:24.9 | It's an effort by a sort of resentful democratic wing |
| 1:30.6 | That that mourns the loss of an institution that they once could rely on |
| 1:35.6 | And then no longer can and so it's |
| 1:39.9 | It's something of a political show |
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