In this article titled “Euthanasia Advocates Seek to Stop Gorsuch” Wesley J. Smith the author tries to convey his feeling that U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil M. Gorsuch shouldn't lose his credibility and support for his seat on the supreme court because of his beliefs on assisted suicide. Smith's audience here starts off very general and broad trying to convince others of how great this nominee is, but towards the end he begins to shoot down so proclaimed liberal remarks about assisted suicide which leads me to believe that his audience is maybe somewhat on the conservative side. After looking through Wesley J. Smith’s other articles I have come to the conclusion that he is indeed an experienced author relating to the euthanasia aspect as he has written previous articles on this subject on other accredited websites about this nominee and about euthanasia.
Looking at the body of the article we see the author state 4 main points on why we should trust this nominee. The points established here in the body to me feels like they range too far and wide which takes away the focus of the reader. At one point Smith states that “I don’t believe Judge Gorsuch would impose his personal views on the law. Unlike liberal judges, he doesn’t believe in conflating his own policy preferences with Constitutional jurisprudence.” This random bash on liberals just honestly seems random and out of the blue which in turns makes you questions the author's credibility as a whole and makes you wonder what he is really thinking about and how that translates to his writing.
In the end I have to say that the article is decent and somewhat thought provoking as it makes you question a very controversial and pondering subject. The arguments made for Neil M. Gorsuch by Wesley J. Smith though are weak and largely unfounded in my eyes and only exist to pander to ignorant and those already well versed in his rhetoric.
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