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.