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Neil McGill Gorsuch was born on August 29, 1967, in Denver, Colorado. The oldest child of two lawyers, he was a studious child who also enjoyed outdoor activities. Gorsuch began spending more time in Washington, D.C., after his mother, Anne, became the first woman to run the Environmental Protection Agency, in 1981. However, she resigned under pres...

Gorsuch began his legal career as a clerk for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then spent another year of clerkship with two Supreme Court justices, Anthony M. Kennedyand the retired Byron R. White. In 1995, Gorsuch joined the D.C. law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans ...

In July 2006, the 39-year-old Gorsuch was confirmed without opposition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver. That year he also published a book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, in which he argued against the legality of the practice. In subsequent years, Gorsuch established himself as an originalist and a tex...

On January 31, 2017, Neil Gorsuch was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scaliain February 2016. For some, Gorsuch was a logical choice to replace the deceased justice. Like Scalia, he was known as a strict originalist and a colorful writer. Additionally, on a court consist...

During his three days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in March, Gorsuch capably handled a series of tough questions from Democrats. He insisted he would remain independent from the president who nominated him, and tiptoed around attempts to draw out his thoughts on the Merrick Garland controversy. The nominee also showed an abili...

Gorsuch lives in a mountain-view community in Boulder County, Colorado, with his wife, Louise, and two daughters. There he raises farm animals and indulges his love for the outdoors by fishing, hunting and skiing. Gorsuch has also been involved in his local legal community and has taught ethics and antitrust law as a Thomson Visiting Professor at t...