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Neil Gorsuch

By Tbarr123

  • Birth date

    Was born in Denver, Colorado

  • Family members

    Family members
    Married to Marie Louise Gorsuch with two children Emma and Belinda.
    Parents- David Gorsuch, Anne McGill
    His mother died at the age of 62, in 2004, after a battle with cancer.

  • Education

    Education
    Graduated From Columbia University With a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1988

  • Education

    Education
    Earned His Juris Doctor From Harvard Law School. He was in the same graduating class as Barack Obama.
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    Start of Professional Career

    Starting out he was Law clerk to Judge David Sentelle, of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1991 to 1992.
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    Professional Career- Law Clerk

    Law clerk to Associate Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.
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    Professional career- Associate

    Associate at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel.
    1995-1997

  • More education

    He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University. Like he did at Harvard, Gorsuch received a prestigious scholarship while attending Oxford.
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    Associate Attorney General

    Principal Deputy to the Associate Attorney General and Acting Associate Attorney General, US Department of Justice. 2005-2006
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    Judge on US Court of appeals

    Judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, nominated by President George W. Bush. 2006-present

  • Court Case- United States v. Games-Perez

    Court Case- United States v. Games-Perez
    United States v. Games-Perez, which was question over how to read a federal law that doesn't allow felons from possessing guns, Gorsuch argued that the felon needed to know not only that he possessed the gun but also that he was a felon for the criminal law to apply.

  • Religious freedom- Abortion

    He prioritized religious freedom. So this could effect the decision with Roe v. Wade that people have a constitutional right to abortion. So this could be changed.

  • Hobby Lobby Stores v. Sebelius Court Case

    Hobby Lobby Stores v. Sebelius and Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell where cases to get rid of Obamacare. This means that he may swing the votes to do away with Obamacare bill.