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Neil McGill Gorsuch (/ˈɡɔːrsʌtʃ/;[1] born August 29, 1967)[2] is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[3] He was nominated by President Donald Trump to succeed Antonin Scalia, [4][5] and took the oath of office on April 10, 2017.
Gorsuch is a proponent of textualism in statutory interpretation and originalism in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.[6][7][8] Along with Justice Clarence Thomas, he is an advocate of natural law jurisprudence.[9] Gorsuch clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1991 to 1992, and then for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, from 1993 to 1994. He is the first Supreme Court Justice to serve alongside another Justice for whom he once had clerked (Anthony Kennedy).[10]
From 1995 to 2005, Gorsuch was in private practice with the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel. Gorsuch was Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2005 to his appointment to the Tenth Circuit. Gorsuch was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by President George W. Bush on May 10, 2006, to replace Judge David M. Ebel, who took senior status in 2006.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University, Juris Doctor from Harvard University, and Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Oxford, where he took courses and defended a doctoral thesis, concerning the morality of assisted suicide, under the supervision of philosopher John Finnis.[11][12]
Gorsuch is a proponent of textualism in statutory interpretation and originalism in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.[6][7][8] Along with Justice Clarence Thomas, he is an advocate of natural law jurisprudence.[9] Gorsuch clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1991 to 1992, and then for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, from 1993 to 1994. He is the first Supreme Court Justice to serve alongside another Justice for whom he once had clerked (Anthony Kennedy).[10]
From 1995 to 2005, Gorsuch was in private practice with the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel. Gorsuch was Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2005 to his appointment to the Tenth Circuit. Gorsuch was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by President George W. Bush on May 10, 2006, to replace Judge David M. Ebel, who took senior status in 2006.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University, Juris Doctor from Harvard University, and Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Oxford, where he took courses and defended a doctoral thesis, concerning the morality of assisted suicide, under the supervision of philosopher John Finnis.[11][12]
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Watch Neil Gorsuch swear in as a Supreme Court justice
Neil Gorsuch has officially replaced the late Antonin Scalia to become the 113th Supreme Court justice. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has been a mentor to Gor...
Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that August 29 is the anniversary of the birth of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch who was nominated after the death of Antonin Scalia and joined the SCOTUS 17 months later due to Senate obstruction in part IMHO.
Background from oyez.org/justices/neil_gorsuch
"Like his predecessor Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch believes the US Constitution should be construed as it was by its original drafters. A Constitutional originalist, Justice Gorsuch joined the Court in April of 2017, roughly 14 months after the death of Justice Scalia. Neil Gorsuch was born in Denver, Colorado on August 29, 1967 but moved to Washington DC in his youth when his mother Anne became the first female Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. He was a rare conservative voice at first the private high school he attended in Maryland, and then at Columbia University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1988 with a degree in political science.
Justice Gorsuch then attended Harvard Law School, where he was classmates with Barack Obama. Upon graduating cum laude in 1991, he clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then went on to clerk at the Supreme Court for Byron White and Anthony Kennedy. In 1995, he joined a Washington DC law firm where he focused on trial practice and not the appellate work typical of former Supreme Court clerks.
Justice Gorsuch was working for the US Department of Justice when George W. Bush nominated him to fill a vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in May of 2006. He was confirmed on July 20, 2006. The opinions he would author there for the next decade reveal a commitment not only to Constitutional originalism, but to textualism—the notion that evidence of legislative history and Congressional intent are far less important than the plain meaning of the words chosen by a legislature when drafting laws. He also gained a reputation for broadly defining and then protecting religious liberties, writing that the law “doesn't just apply to protect popular religious beliefs: it does perhaps its most important work in protecting unpopular religious beliefs, vindicating this nation's long-held aspiration to serve as a refuge of religious tolerance." He is also known for his criticism of the existing legal standard by which the Court reviews the actions of executive agencies, and for his tendency to favor state power over federal.
Justice Gorsuch is married and has two daughters. As in his youth, during his time on the Tenth Circuit he lived near Denver, raising farm animals and engaging in several outdoor hobbies including hunting, fishing, and skiing. "
Neil Gorsuch sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on April 10, 2017
"Neil Gorsuch has officially replaced the late Antonin Scalia to become the 113th Supreme Court justice. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has been a mentor to Gorsuch, conducted the judicial oath in a public ceremony at the White House."
https://youtu.be/QjIn3kGxvDY
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Background from oyez.org/justices/neil_gorsuch
"Like his predecessor Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch believes the US Constitution should be construed as it was by its original drafters. A Constitutional originalist, Justice Gorsuch joined the Court in April of 2017, roughly 14 months after the death of Justice Scalia. Neil Gorsuch was born in Denver, Colorado on August 29, 1967 but moved to Washington DC in his youth when his mother Anne became the first female Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. He was a rare conservative voice at first the private high school he attended in Maryland, and then at Columbia University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1988 with a degree in political science.
Justice Gorsuch then attended Harvard Law School, where he was classmates with Barack Obama. Upon graduating cum laude in 1991, he clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then went on to clerk at the Supreme Court for Byron White and Anthony Kennedy. In 1995, he joined a Washington DC law firm where he focused on trial practice and not the appellate work typical of former Supreme Court clerks.
Justice Gorsuch was working for the US Department of Justice when George W. Bush nominated him to fill a vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in May of 2006. He was confirmed on July 20, 2006. The opinions he would author there for the next decade reveal a commitment not only to Constitutional originalism, but to textualism—the notion that evidence of legislative history and Congressional intent are far less important than the plain meaning of the words chosen by a legislature when drafting laws. He also gained a reputation for broadly defining and then protecting religious liberties, writing that the law “doesn't just apply to protect popular religious beliefs: it does perhaps its most important work in protecting unpopular religious beliefs, vindicating this nation's long-held aspiration to serve as a refuge of religious tolerance." He is also known for his criticism of the existing legal standard by which the Court reviews the actions of executive agencies, and for his tendency to favor state power over federal.
Justice Gorsuch is married and has two daughters. As in his youth, during his time on the Tenth Circuit he lived near Denver, raising farm animals and engaging in several outdoor hobbies including hunting, fishing, and skiing. "
Neil Gorsuch sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on April 10, 2017
"Neil Gorsuch has officially replaced the late Antonin Scalia to become the 113th Supreme Court justice. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has been a mentor to Gorsuch, conducted the judicial oath in a public ceremony at the White House."
https://youtu.be/QjIn3kGxvDY
FYI LTC Jeff ShearerSGT Philip Roncari Sgt Arthur Caesar ]Lt Col Jim CoeCWO3 Dennis M.SGT (Join to see)PO3 Bob McCordSGT Jim Arnold Sgt Albert Castro PO3 Phyllis Maynard Maj Robert Thornton 1SG Carl McAndrews SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft PO1 H Gene Lawrence SGT Brent Scott CW5 John M. CMSgt (Join to see) PO2 Kevin Parker
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Great information on our newest Supreme Court Justice. Thanks for sharing.
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