Gorsuch
Gorsuch is a surname, most prominently associated with Neil Gorsuch, appointed to the U.S.
Supreme Court in 2017.
His name often appears in legal and political discussions: The Gorsuch nomination sparked intense debate.
Anne Gorsuch Burford, his mother, headed the EPA under Reagan and became controversial for environmental deregulation.
Nation's top tribunal
- judicialOf courts and judges
- benchShared seating surface
- robeLong loose outer garment
- nominationFormal candidate selection
confirmation · Senate · Trump · appointee · conservative · originalist · textualist · Colorado
Interpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- natural lawInherent moral principles
- judicial restraintCourts avoiding activist rulings
- literalismExact meaning only
Scalia · enumerated powers · separation of powers · plain meaning
Supreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
nomination · confirmation · Senate · Trump · appointee · conservative · originalist · textualist · Colorado · opinion
originalism
Interpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- natural lawInherent moral principles
- judicial restraintCourts avoiding activist rulings
Scalia · literalism · enumerated powers · separation of powers · plain meaning
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · kinship · descent · Irish · German · nomenclature · EPA · Colorado · relatives · forebears
GorsuchRuth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor · Thurgood Marshall · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Earl Warren · liberal