Bloomberg Law
Feb. 1, 2017, 4:51 AM UTC

Gorsuch Takes Stage as Trump Picks Conservative to Supreme Court

Greg Stohr

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will meet with senators Wednesday at the start of what promises to be a contentious confirmation fight as Republicans look to entrench a conservative majority on the court for a generation.

Gorsuch, 49, is a champion of religious liberty known for his crisp and, at times, pointed writing style. He has faulted liberals for an “overweening addiction to the courtroom.”

Educated in Ivy League schools and the University of Oxford, he has served on the federal appeals court in Denver since being appointed by President George W. ...

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