When Justice Antonin Scalia backed out of a book project with writing partner Bryan Garner, the justice recommended who might take his place. Neil Gorsuch was first on this list.
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Here’s How the War on Women Could Land in the Supreme Court
During his campaign, President Donald Trump pledged his commitment to the anti-abortion movement and promised he would only appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision that made abortion legal.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fast Facts
December 12, 2000 – Ginsburg is one of the four dissenting votes in Bush V. Gore which resolves the disputed 2000 Presidential election in favor of Texas Governor George W. Bush. January 26, 2007 – In a speech at Suffolk Law School, she says she dislikes being the only woman on the Supreme Court.
In rare concession, top Dem predicts Gorsuch will be confirmed
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that President Trump’s pick to replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court will likely be confirmed because even if he does not win enough votes, the “nuclear option” would likely be employed. “I hope we do vote him down,” she said in an interview with NY1 .
Avoid going nuclear on Gorsuch
Yes, President Donald Trump ‘s nominee for the Supreme Court , Neil Gorsuch , will be sitting in a stolen seat if he is confirmed. Yet Senate Democrats must resist sinking to the depths Republican senators did in denying the seat to an eminently qualified Merrick Garland , President Barack Obama ‘s nominee to fill the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia , who died in Texas a year ago.
With Supreme Court picks, you never know
When John F. Kennedy nominated Byron “Whizzer” White to the U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic liberals expected the Coloradan would be attune with their political philosophy. Wrong.
Mike Pence in Philadelphia: Neil Gorsuch will join Supreme Court ‘one way or the other’
Vice President Mike Pence pledged Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will join the nation’s highest court “one way or the other.” Pence made the pledge during a speech in Philadelphia to the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group.
VP: Gorsuch will join Supreme Court ‘one way or the other’
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Vice President Mike Pence pledged Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will join the nation’s highest court “one way or the other.”
President Trump’s Second Week of Action
On Tuesday, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to become Associate Justice on the Supreme Court, filling the seat left behind by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The next day, President Trump met with various stakeholders to thank them for their input in making such an important decision.
Will Liberals Learn to Love the 10th Amendment?
In the 1997 case Printz v. United States , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for the federal government to direct state and local law enforcement officers to enforce certain provisions of the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Trump SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch ‘Founded’ ‘Fascism Forever Club’ in Prep School
From the “you can’t make this up” department, it appears that Neil Gorsuch claimed to have founded a “Fascism Forever Club ” while at Georgetown Prep, from which he graduated in 1985. Known to be fiercely conservative at Georgetown Prep School, #Gorsuch joked in yearbook he founded and led “Fascism Forever Club” pic.twitter.com/zrZZ53iP4I The man who has been nominated to replace the late Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court, apparently in more ways than one, included an organization by that name on his yearbook page, declaring himself its founder and president.
Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Is A Disciple Of Scalia’s ‘Originalist’ Crusade
Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, faces members of the media while meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in his Senate office. The late Justice Antonin Scalia may not have been the original originalist , but he popularized what once had been a fringe legal doctrine.
Grassley blames Democrats for talk of obstructing Trump SCOTUS pick
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa met with Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch Wednesday afternoon following his primetime unveiling at the White House a day earlier. If confirmed by the Senate, Gorsuch will assume the seat vacated last February with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
IA Congressional delegation reacts to Trump’s SCOTUS nominee
President Donald Trump finally named his Supreme Court Justice Nominee. It comes almost a year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Editorial, Feb. 2, 2017: Gorsuch should get full and fair public hearing
In a deeply divided country, is it any surprise that President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court already is lining up as another partisan and hostile battle? And while Republicans sowed this discord by blocking President Obama’s last nominee to the high court, Democrats have a choice to either play the revenge card, or take a higher road and conduct the kind of full and fair hearings on the nomination they wanted from Republicans.
Democrats are in real danger of overplaying their hand right now
Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court Tuesday night after President Donald Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. President Donald Trump’s first 12 days in office have been marked by controversy, division and uncertainty.
Trump’s Gorsuch pick assures integrity of America’s elections process
Donald Trump Trump’s Gorsuch pick assures integrity of America’s elections process Border tax sets off frenzy of lobbying Warren says she’ll oppose Trump’s Supreme Court nominee MORE ‘s pick of Neil Gorsuch to succeed the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shows the rule of law is back in style. Gorsuch considers the Constitution a document that limits the power of government, not as a mere suggestion to be argued around.
Trump picks Neil Gorsuch as nominee for Supreme Court
If confirmed by the Senate, the 49-year-old would restore the court’s conservative majority, lost with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The court has the final legal word on many of the most sensitive US issues, from abortion to gender to gun control.
The Latest: McConnell praises Gorsuch nomination
The Latest on President Donald Trump nomination of Neil Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court : Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump has made an “outstanding decision” in nominating U.S. Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. In a statement, McConnell says Gorsuch has “a long record of faithfully applying the law and the Constitution” and notes that he was confirmed by voice vote in the Senate in 2006.
Nation-Now 48 mins ago 7:20 p.m.Trump picks Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
Nearly a full year after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death left the Supreme Court shorthanded, President Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the void Tuesday night, setting off a pitched battle over the direction of the nation’s highest court Trump was unveiling his nominee to the nation on live television from the East Room of the White House after a day filled with palace intrigue, during which the media mapped the whereabouts of Gorsuch, from Colorado, and federal appeals court Judge Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, another favorite for the seat. Gorsuch, 49, is a Scalia acolyte who believes judges should interpret laws as they are written and enforce the Constitution as the nation’s framers intended.
Neil Gorsuch is Trump’s likely Supreme Court pick
Washington, Feb 1 – US President Donald Trump’s likely pick for Supreme Court is Neil Gorsuch, a Court of Appeals judge from Denver, media reports said. As Trump was set to announce his choice at 8 p.m. , CNN has iudentified Gorsuch as the President’s first choice, New York Post reported.
EDITORIAL: Put Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court
Congratulations to President Donald Trump for nominating Boulder resident and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the void left by deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Denver native’s resume alone ranks Gorsuch among the cream of the top 1 percent of lawyers in the United States.
Cruz: Trump Supreme Court Pick Will Get Confirmed
Sen. Ted Cruz says Democrats will not be able to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, even if Republicans have to find a different way around them, Politico reports. “The Democrats are not going to succeed in filibustering the Supreme Court nominee,” Cruz said Tuesday during an interview with Politico.
5 Potential Trump Supreme Court Picks
President Donald Trump plans to announce his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to the nation on Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST. Conservatives are hoping for someone who can replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, considered to be a strong constitutionalist guided by the original intent of the Founders.
Trump’s Supreme Court choice comes today
Nearly a full year after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death left the Supreme Court shorthanded, President Trump is poised to nominate a replacement who’s three decades younger, setting off a pitched battle over the direction of the nation’s highest court. Trump’s Supreme Court choice comes today Nearly a full year after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death left the Supreme Court shorthanded, President Trump is poised to nominate a replacement who’s three decades younger, setting off a pitched battle over the direction of the nation’s highest court.
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If confirmed, the 49-year-old Neil Gorsuch would be the youngest justice on the court and could be shaping decisions for decades. Senate Republicans stood united behind President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, bracing for a bitter, weeks-long fight with Democrats over a conservative judge similar in philosophy to the late Justice Antonin Scalia Shulkin is in line to be the lone ex-Obama administration official serving in Trump’s Cabinet amid a conservative push to privatize several government services and fierce partisan battles over Trump’s other Cabinet nominees.
How Trump’s Supreme Court pick could tilt abortion, unions and affirmative action
Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February, the Supreme Court has been evenly divided between Democratic appointees and Republican ones. This has resulted in occasional deadlocks and many narrow decisions.
Trumpa s justice pick to trigger intense pressure on Senate
When President Donald Trump nominates a Supreme Court justice , Senate Democrats and Republicans will immediately face intense political pressure, with liberals demanding that Democrats block the choice and the new president urging Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to blow up longstanding rules to secure confirmation. Federal appeals court judges William Pryor, Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman are front-runners to fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, according to a person familiar with the process who was not authorized to speak publicly about internal decisions and discussed the search on condition of anonymity.
Meet Judge Neil Gorsuch – a frontrunner for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Judge Neil Gorsuch, who serves on the federal appeals court’s 10th circuit in Denver, has emerged as one of the likely names to be selected. Trump tweeted on Wednesday that he’ll announce his pick next Thursday, and later told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he’s mostly finished deciding.
Republicans Perched Between Risk and Opportunity
On the one hand, the time is ripe for the Grand Old Party to institute bold reforms that bring the United States back in line with limited government, economic opportunity, and strength abroad – principles and policies to which the party has long been dedicated. With the swearing in of the nation’s 115th Congress and 45th president, the GOP controls both political branches of the federal government.
Trump says he will pick Supreme Court justice next week Read Story David M Jackson, Usa Today
Ahead of an afternoon meeting with Senate leaders, President Trump told reporters Tuesday he will likely nominate a new Supreme Court justice next week. Trump’s upcoming nomination to replace Justice Antonin Scalia will be the topic of his session with Senate leaders from both parties.
The Supreme Court’s Next Gun Battle
One of Justice Antonin Scalia’s last official acts before his death last February was to join Justice Clarence Thomas in complaining that the Supreme Court risked “relegating the Second Amendment to a second-class right” when it let stand an Illinois city’s ban on owning semiautomatic weapons.
Supreme Court nominee returns to bench as judge, not justice
In this Dec. 14, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is seen in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Garland has put on his judge’s robes again.
Top Senate Dem warns Trump on Supreme Court pick
The top Democrat in the Senate is warning President-elect Donald Trump about his eventual Supreme Court choice: Name a “mainstream” nominee or Democrats will oppose the individual “with everything we have.” “My worry is, with the hard right running the show, that the likelihood of the nominee being mainstream is decreasing every day,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday in an interview.
Fidel Castro, Antonin Scalia, John Gutfreund: The Year in Deaths an hour ago
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and ex-Salomon Brothers executive John Gutfreund were among newsmakers in business, finance and public affairs who died in 2016. The business world lost Andy Grove, a refugee from postwar Europe who started Intel Corp.; Forrest Mars Jr., the billionaire co-owner of candy maker Mars Inc.; Dwayne Andreas, who built Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.