Judge Gorsuch Goes to Washington
President Trump’s nominee adopted a humble mien in his opening foray before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
In the hours before Neil Gorsuch introduced himself to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, the senators laid out how they would interrogate him in the week ahead.
President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee will spend the next few days answering probing questions from lawmakers on a broad range of issues: his judicial philosophy, his views on issues ranging from abortion to workers’ rights, his thoughts on judicial independence and the separation of powers, a decade’s worth of his rulings and dissents, and the controversial actions of the president who nominated him.
The senatorial gauntlet to become a Supreme Court justice is perhaps the most strenuous test
