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brooklynite

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Wed Apr 5, 2017, 09:18 AM Apr 2017

Gorsuch Apparently Plagiarized Passages in Book [View all]

Source: Political Wire

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch “copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article,” Politico reports.

“The documents show that several passages from the tenth chapter of his 2006 book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, read nearly verbatim to a 1984 article in the Indiana Law Journal. In several other instances in that book and an academic article published in 2000, Gorsuch borrowed from the ideas, quotes and structures of scholarly and legal works without citing them.”

A White House statement: “There is only one explanation for this baseless, last-second smear of Judge Gorsuch: those desperate to justify the unprecedented filibuster of a well-qualified and mainstream nominee to the Supreme Court.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2017/04/05/gorsuch-apparently-plagiarized-passages-book/

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According to berenguer that would normally be investigated for plagiarism. caroldansen Apr 2017 #1
Last second? The damn republicans are racing for a confirmation before we find out about him. George II Apr 2017 #2
What's the hurry? The seat has been vacant for 14 months. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 #7
A Phoney jpak Apr 2017 #3
And then there is this.......................... turbinetree Apr 2017 #4
It's OK to cite from a source FakeNoose Apr 2017 #5
He passed it off as his own writing. Very serious breach. Blues Heron Apr 2017 #8
I agree. LVNVblue Apr 2017 #19
It disqualified Biden at one point of his career, why not Gorsuch? Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #28
He failed to cite. politicat Apr 2017 #29
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
He turned 17 in 1984 Qutzupalotl Apr 2017 #10
Uh, yeah, I forgot that's he a young'un. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 #12
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
FYI: Plagiarism matters. Why make excuses for theft? That's what plagiarism is. brush Apr 2017 #33
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
His opposition to Euthanasia is a much bigger deal to me. Hoyt Apr 2017 #43
Fine. I have no problem with that but why imply that plagiarism is excusable? brush Apr 2017 #44
Didn't imply. I explicitly said circumstances of his alleged "plagiarism" don't concern me Hoyt Apr 2017 #46
If he'd attributed it in footnotes, then it would not be a problem. ColemanMaskell Apr 2017 #38
I agree. djg21 Apr 2017 #39
Much better explanation of what i was trying to say. Hoyt Apr 2017 #41
There's no excuse for plagiarism. One alledged to be qualified for the Supreme Court shouldn't... brush Apr 2017 #47
Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #49
You're ok with it. Being from the publishing field, I'm not. brush Apr 2017 #50
You have no idea. djg21 Apr 2017 #51
Lazy writing. He still should have used notes. And Gorsuch is a Scalia acolyte so I don't see... brush Apr 2017 #53
Have you read the passages in question? FBaggins Apr 2017 #54
Yes I have. He re-ordered sentences in some cases but changed them little from other writers brush Apr 2017 #55
You said that you're in the publishing field FBaggins Apr 2017 #56
"number thingies ever sentence or two?" brush Apr 2017 #57
You said that you read it. FBaggins Apr 2017 #58
Oh you mean the number thingies that AREN'T on every lifted sentence? brush Apr 2017 #59
So you were saying that he didn't make any citations... FBaggins Apr 2017 #60
A question: Why defend this Scalia acolyte, an extreme right winger who is going to vote... brush Apr 2017 #61
It seems PatSeg Apr 2017 #13
we managed to get rid of douglas ginsberg unblock Apr 2017 #16
And there is hardly anything PatSeg Apr 2017 #20
indeed, they place positive value on pissing off and offending liberals, so unblock Apr 2017 #24
Very good point PatSeg Apr 2017 #25
Plagerism is theft Phoenix61 Apr 2017 #15
As a lawyer, as a justice Friend or Foe Apr 2017 #17
Thieving judge nominated by thieving president dalton99a Apr 2017 #18
So called mainstream by so called president mountain grammy Apr 2017 #21
Mainstream? Bayard Apr 2017 #22
No kidding mountain grammy Apr 2017 #23
White, conservative, and wealthy dogknob Apr 2017 #45
Using the GOP standard... Thomas Hurt Apr 2017 #26
I heard he helped Melania with her DNC speech... Blanks Apr 2017 #27
... FakeNoose Apr 2017 #34
Shocker. Lying, cheating, and stealing can heap rewards. Solly Mack Apr 2017 #32
Just wondering could he be sued now? duncang Apr 2017 #48
Suit wouldn't be viable, djg21 Apr 2017 #52
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