Neil Gorsuch
Details
- Birth
- August 29, 1967 · Denver, Colorado
- Death
- Living
- Law school
- harvard university
- Prior experience
- U.s. court of appeals judge
Biography
Neil McGill Gorsuch (born August 29, 1967) is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving since April 2017. Born in Denver, Colorado, Gorsuch earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1988, followed by a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He later obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in legal philosophy from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. Before his judicial career, Gorsuch worked in private practice at the prestigious law firm Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, clerked for Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, and served as Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice from 2005 to 2006. President George W. Bush nominated Gorsuch to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 2006, where he served until his Supreme Court appointment. President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court in January 2017 to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia's death. Following a contentious confirmation process that included the Senate's elimination of the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, Gorsuch was confirmed by a 54-45 vote. Known for his originalist and textualist judicial philosophy, Gorsuch interprets the Constitution according to its original public meaning and statutory text as understood at the time of enactment. His most notable opinions include the majority decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020), which extended workplace discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ individuals, and his concurrence in Trump v. Vance (2020). He has consistently advocated for limiting federal regulatory power and strengthening religious liberty protections.
Notable opinions
- Bostock v. Clayton County
- McGirt v. Oklahoma