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February 06, 2017 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court nominee reacted strongly after former law clerks gave Vanity Fair magazine behind-the-scenes information about the court's decision in Bush v. Gore.

By Tony Mauro

31 minute read

February 06, 2017 | National Law Journal

A televised hearing Feb. 3 allowed viewers to watch Seattle U.S. District Judge James Robart announce his decision to halt President Donald Trump's immigrant travel ban.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

January 31, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

As business lawyers dissect the nominee's record, they're likely to celebrate a 2016 decision by Judge Neil Gorsuch that criticizes the "Chevron doctrine" of agency deference and says the time "has come to face the behemoth.”

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

January 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

Here are some of the Supreme Court nominee's most memorable comments on assisted suicide, the changing work of trial lawyers, and the death of the justice he's been named to replace.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

January 31, 2017 | Daily Report Online

In choosing Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Trump opted for a candidate with traditional credentials shared by most modern-day justices. A Colorado native with a degree from Harvard Law School, Gorsuch clerked for Justice Byron White and Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. "In our legal order, it is for Congress and not the courts to write new laws. It is the role of judges to apply, not alter, the work of the people's representatives," Gorsuch said at the White House.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

January 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

Donald Trump's sister, federal appeals Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, might be "high" on her colleague Thomas Hardiman as a potential U.S. Supreme Court justice. But Barry and Hardiman are hardly ideological soulmates. By no means an exhaustive search, here are some highlights from cases in which Hardiman and Barry found common ground—and from those disputes where they didn't see eye to eye.

By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro

11 minute read

January 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

In what would be a Supreme Court first, Neil Gorsuch could share the bench with the justice for whom he clerked—Anthony Kennedy. Some observers say the number for former clerks now on the court raises questions of experiential diversity.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

January 26, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The financial disclosure reports filed in 2015 by Neil Gorsuch, William Pryor Jr., and Thomas Hardiman reflect that each judge holds investments valued at more than $1 million.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

10 minute read

January 25, 2017 | The Recorder

Steven Engel is the presumptive nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, according to sources with knowledge of the vetting process.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

January 24, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has moved to the front of the pack among possible nominees to the Supreme Court, according to several news reports Tuesday.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read