The Supreme Court is about to vote on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
Here are some things to know:1.
Who is Neil Gorsuch?
Gorsuch is the second-highest ranking nominee in U.S. history.
He’s the third member of the U.K.’s Supreme Court to serve as the chief justice.
The other two were Justices Lord Macdonald and Lord Thomas.
Gorsuch’s nomination is in response to the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision to allow same-sex marriage.2.
What does Gorsuch’s confirmation mean for the Supreme Courts judicial branch?
Goruch is a moderate, a staunch advocate of the traditionalist view of marriage.
This means he’s not likely to overturn the marriage equality ruling that the Supreme Judiciary Council upheld last year.
That could mean he could rule on same-day voter registration laws in states that have them.3.
What is Gorsuch’s record?
Gersuch was born in 1946, the son of Polish immigrants who moved to Canada.
He went on to attend Oxford University, earning a degree in political science.
He worked in a law firm, was a member of Parliament and became a Supreme Court justice.
He has also written many books, including one on the constitutionality of abortion.4.
Is Gorsuch’s life as a judge unusual?
No.
He was born into an American family and grew up in Canada, as a result of which he is relatively well-educated.
But he’s also had to overcome a litany of legal challenges to his political beliefs.
The biggest challenge came in the late 1990s when the court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which limited federal recognition of gay and lesbian couples.
Gersuch opposed DOMA.
He wrote in his dissent in that case that “any law which treats one group as a different, separate and inferior group, as the result of a discriminatory enactment, is inherently illegitimate.”
He argued that the U,S.
Supreme Court could not make this decision based on “the text and history of our Constitution.”5.
Is there anything he’s said that could be considered divisive?
No, according to many of his peers.
He says that he is a proponent of traditional marriage, that he believes the U
