Many of us might not agree with the conservative judicial philosophy of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch, the first Supreme Court nominee of President Donald Trump. But, by most accounts, he is an appellate judge respected for his demeanor and intellect and, according to some, he is a faithful advocate of the so-called originalist approach of the justice he would succeed: the late Antonin Scalia. That a president would seek to appoint someone who reflects a certain jurisprudence is a familiar aspect of modern Supreme Court nominations.
Gorsuch’s credentials are consistent with those of current high court members. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and also received a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University before clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and then for Justices Byron White (while retired) and Anthony Kennedy. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C., and served in the Department of Justice before being appointed to his present 10th Circuit judgeship by President George W. Bush in 2006.
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