Gorsuch
Proper noun
Meaning
Gorsuch
A surname from Middle English.
Examples
Although the court’s order was unsigned, Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch dissented, meaning that Chief Justice John Roberts provided the necessary fifth vote by joining the liberals on the bench.
Amy Coney Barrett, 48, would be the third justice appointed by this Republican president to the bench, after Neil Gorsuch in 2017 and Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
But following Kennedy’s retirement in 2018 and the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, their replacements — Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — are seen as more conservative.
After changing the rules this week, the Senate voted 54-45 in favor of Neil Gorsuch to fill the late Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gorsuch admonished his fellow justices that they “may not shelter in place when the Constitution is under attack.”
"But there is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote.