Neil Gorsuch

Denver’s Neil Gorsuch Is Among Donald Trump’s Top Choices For Supreme Court Justice

... editor of the legal website Above the Law, told The Denver Post that Gorsuch’s stellar academic pedigree and national connections, but also to his relatively young age, as reasons to consider him among the favorites for the nomination. Two other Colorado justices were on Trump’s original list of 21 potential nominees:  Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid and  Tim Tymkovich chief judge for the Tenth Circuit court of appeals. Trump dogged by insecurity over popular vote, media coverage. January 24, 2017, 9:37 pm. Donald Trump holds the most powerful office in the world. But he’s dogged by insecurity over his loss of the popular vote in the election and a persistent frustration that the legitimacy of his presidency is being challenged by Democrats and the media, aides and associates say. Trump moving forward with border wall, weighs refugee cuts. January 24, 2017, 9:55 pm. Trump will begin rolling ...

Get To Know Supreme Court Short Lister Neil Gorsuch

... a leading contender to fill the void created by Justice Antonin Scalia's death almost a year ago, but Trump's team has been mum. People soon may become familiar with Gorsuch, a conservative follower of Scalia's brand of jurisprudence. Here's a primer on him. Following Scalia. Gorsuch, an appointee of President George W. Bush, is a Harvard Law graduate who has developed a reputation as an " incisive legal writer " with a "flair" reminiscent of the justice whose seat he would fill. Stay abreast of the latest developments from nation's capital and beyond with curated News Alerts from the Washington Examiner news desk and delivered to your inbox. Sorry, there was a problem processing your email signup. Please try again later. Thank you for signing up for Washington Examiner News Alerts. You should receive your first alert soon. ...

Trump Narrows High Court Search, To Name Conservative Next Week

... Trump, said the president “has definitely narrowed his focus” and is “looking very seriously” at a short list of candidates. Among the frontrunners are three conservative jurists: Neil Gorsuch, a judge on the Denver-based 10 th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Thomas Hardiman, who serves on the Philadelphia-based 3 rd U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and William Pryor, a judge on the Atlanta-based 11 th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “Judges Gorsuch and Hardiman and Pryor have received a lot of attention from the president. He knows who they are. He is familiar with their records. He’s clearly impressed with their backgrounds,” Leo said. All three were appointed to the bench by Republican former President George W. Bush. “I’ll be making my decision this week. We’ll be announcing next week. We have outstanding candidates, and we will pick a truly great Supreme Court justice,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The leading candidates all have strong ...

The Trump Presidency On January 24

... reports that law enforcement and intelligence agencies are scrutinizing Trump associates over their ties to Russia. Senate committees approve Trump's choices for U. N. ambassador and heads of the commerce, housing and transportation departments. Representative Tom Price, Trump's nominee for health secretary, tells a Senate panel he wants to ensure people with pre-existing conditions have access to insurance and he does not support Medicare privatization. Mexico could pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if a renegotiation of terms does not benefit the country, its economy minister says. The White House says Trump stands by his belief that millions of people voted illegally in the presidential election but offered no evidence to support the contention. (Compiled by Bill Trott; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Jeffrey Benkoe and ...

Anti-abortion Activists Say Trump's Court Picks Aren't Extreme Enough

... in his decisions or public comments. Among those he's singled out for supposedly pushing such a candidate is Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society—which Schlafly insists is "not a pro-life organization," despite Leo’s stated opposition to abortion. (Leo did not respond to a request for comment.). Among those whom Schlafly has targeted on Trump's short list are some pretty stalwart conservative federal judges, including Diane Sykes, a 7 th Circuit judge who reportedly ranks as one of Trump's top two choices. Schlafly believes Sykes i s not pro-life because as a Wisconsin * state court judge she sentenced two anti-abortion protesters to 60 days in jail for a clinic protest. Later, on the federal bench, she also helped strike down a law defunding Planned Parenthood—another black mark against her in his book. Another potential ...

5 Fast Facts You Need To Know

... as HArdiman. Here’s a look at Hardiman’s life and career. 1. Hardiman Was a Part-Time Taxi Driver to Pay for His Education & Is Not an Ivy League Graduate. Hardiman was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, a suburb located north of Boston. His father, Robert, owned a taxicab. Hardiman followed his father into that business briefly, in order to earn money for his higher education. After graduating from Waltham High School, Hardiman attended the University of Notre Dame, earning a B. A. in liberal studies and Spanish, notes the Pittsburgh City Paper. He returned home to earn more money as a cab driver before he headed to Washington D. C. to attend Georgetown Law. After passing the bar exam in 1990, he joined the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He met his wife, Lori, while at the firm and their relationship brought him to Pittsburgh. According to the Federalist Society , Hardiman joined Cindrich & Titus in Pittsburgh in 1992, where he became a partner at age 30. He moved to Reed Smith LLP in 1999, where he was working when he became a judge in 2003. 2. Hardiman Was Unanimously Confirmed by the Senate in 2007, 7 Months ...

Phyllis Schlafly's Son Fears Federalist Society Pushing Trump To Nominate Pro-abortion Justice

... Foundation, helped compile a list of 21 judges during Trump’s presidential campaign from which the President-elect vows to select his nominee for the Supreme Court. Schlafly, along with roughly 100 grassroots organizations, recently sent a signed letter to Trump, urging him to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat following Justice Antonin Scalia’s death last year with a pro-life judge. In his email on Tuesday, Schlafly alleges that the Federalist Society is pushing Neil Gorsuch to be nominated. Gorsuch is a federal judge for the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 10 th Circuit. He was nominated for that seat in 2006 by President George W. Bush. Although the Denver Post reports Gorsuch “brings strong conservative bonafides that would — at least in theory — re-establish a court majority,” Schlafly does not think he is the right pick. “Gorsuch is not pro-life,” Schlafly alleged in the email. “I knew him in law school and afterwards and he never said anything pro-life. In his writings he uses only pro-abortion terminology, and he has cited favorably a landmark pro-abortion decision. His church is publicly and strongly against pro-life laws.”. Schlafly continued. On top of that, ...

Meet Neil Gorsuch, Said To Be A Leading Scotus Contender

... said to be a leading SCOTUS contender. Posted Jan 24, 2017 10:55 am CST. Maybe Fantasy SCOTUS is right. The website is taking reader votes on the Trump shortlister most likely to be nominated, and Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Denver-based 10 th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals was leading on Tuesday morning, just as he led the pack earlier this month when two other shortlisters were getting media attention. Now at least two publications—the Los Angeles Times and ABC News —are reporting that 49-year-old Gorsuch is a leading contender to fill seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. “In Gorsuch” the Los Angeles Times reports, “supporters see a jurist who has strong academic credentials, a gift for clear writing and a devotion to deciding cases based on the original meaning of the Constitution and the text of statutes, as did the late Justice Antonin Scalia.”. President Trump said on Tuesday that he will announce his choice for ...

Trump Narrows Down Supreme Court Nominee List To 3

... should be filled not by Obama, but by the next president. Schumer, D-N. Y., said last week on CNN that the Democrats would inevitably push back against anyone Trump nominates for the Supreme Court. “It’s hard for me to imagine a nominee that Donald Trump would choose that would get Republican support, that we could support,” he said. Of the three leading candidates, only Pryor faced significant opposition to his appellate nomination. Senate Democrats refused to allow a vote on Pryor’s nomination, leading Bush initially to give Pryor a temporary recess appointment. In 2005, the Senate confirmed him 53-45, after senators reached an agreement to curtail delaying tactics for appellate judgeships. Gorsuch was approved by a voice vote in 2006. Schumer and Feinstein were among the 95 senators who voted for Hardiman’s confirmation in 2007. Hardiman is a colleague of Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. Trump praised the candidates on his ...

Potential Nominee Profile

... in a dissenting opinion in Comptroller v. Wynne , Scalia stated: “The fundamental problem with our negative Commerce Clause cases is that the Constitution does not contain a negative Commerce Clause.” Although a court of appeals judge lacks the same freedom to disparage and/or depart from existing Supreme Court precedent, Gorsuch’s opinions also reveal a measure of distrust towards unwritten constitutional provisions like the dormant commerce clause. For example, a 2015 10 th Circuit decision written by Gorsuch, Energy and Environment Legal Institute v. Epel , declined to apply the dormant commerce clause to strike down a clean-energy program created by Colorado on the grounds that it might negatively affect traditional energy producers outside the state. The opinion explains that this result is consistent with the limited reach of the dormant commerce clause’s “judicial free trade policy” even under existing precedent. But while acknowledging that lower courts ...