This is odd, I was led to believe by some that this guy was an unwavering political extremist who would unbalance the court perpetually and shred the constitution with his regressive political views [/s]
The reality is, people attempting to put ideology onto Judges are attempting to apply the norms and ideals of one area onto another and that rarely works. Judicial views and Political views, while they may be intertwined at times, are not identical things. Additionally, even the man that Gorsuch replaced, Antonin Scalia, did not singularly side with the "right" side of the court on matters.
One of my favorite quotes from Scalia came out of a case on flag burnings. "If I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged. And it is addressed, in particular, to speech critical of the government."
Anyone expecting a man, who styled himself in some ways after Scalia, to be an individual who would always be voting in the politically conservative view on cases was someone who had unrealistic expectations. I'm not a Trump fan, and I'm not happy to see the case go this route politically (though judicially, I'm leaning towards the belief it's the right call), but neither of those changes the fact that the appointment of Gorsuch remains one of my favorite things about the Trump Presidency and remains one of the main reasons I am pleased that it is Trump, and not Clinton, who ultimately won the election.
