Neil Gorsuch

A Chance to Challenge Roe?

Pro-lifers are not hoping for too much from the Supreme Court in June Medical Services v. Gee. Continue Reading »

18 Oct 2019

A Less Corrupt Term

by Marc O. DeGirolami and Kevin C. Walsh

In these unusually turbulent times for the presidency and Congress, the Supreme Court’s latest term stands out for its lack of drama. There were no 5–4 end-of-the-term cases that mesmerized the nation. There were no blockbuster decisions. Even so, the Court was hardly immune to the steady . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2017

Après Gorsuch le Deluge

by George Weigel

Reason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. Continue Reading »

3 May 2017

We Should All Be Grateful for Gorsuch

by Pete Spiliakos

Liberals who are dismayed by the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch should cheer up. Things could be a lot worse. Continue Reading »

13 Apr 2017

Gorsuch and the Washington Script

by Mark Movsesian

A familiar Washington script exists for Republican Supreme Court nominations. Once the president announces his choice, Democrats and advocacy groups on the left start issuing dire warnings about the threat the nominee poses to the Constitution, the law, and the American way of life. The words are always the same: The nominee is “extreme,” “outside the mainstream,” “radical,” and “far-right wing.” Continue Reading »

3 Feb 2017

The Flight 216 Selection

by Adrian Vermeule

Gorsuch is an insider's insider: child of the Beltway, Columbia undergraduate, Harvard Law, Oxford jurisprudence degree under John Finnis, and two Supreme Court clerkships for Justices White and Kennedy. The Trump team chose a consummately elite transatlantic jurist. Continue Reading »

2 Feb 2017

Judge Gorsuch’s Prime-Time Humility

by Richard W. Garnett

So, this is 2017: A few days after issuing an incompetently executed, morally dubious, and in many ways misguided executive order on immigrants and refugees, the president nominated an outstanding and unassailable jurist to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia. Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2017

Gorsuch After Scalia

by Kevin C. Walsh

The president’s introduction of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the nation as his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death gave us a lift we sorely needed. Finally, something to be at peace about in our public life. Continue Reading »