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'''Neil McGill Gorsuch''' is an [[Associate Justice]] on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]. Prior to this, he served as a federal appellate judge. He was nominated by [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the passing of [[Antonin Scalia]]. In his first full Term on the Court, according to ''Reason Magazine'', Gorsuch had a more [[liberal]] voting record than even the centrist Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]].<ref name="Reason">https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/27/neil-gorsuch-was-more-liberal-than-antho</ref>
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'''Neil McGill Gorsuch''' (born August 29, 1967, age {{age|1967|8|29}}) is an [[Associate Justice]] on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]. Prior to this, he served as a federal appellate judge. He was nominated by [[United States]] President [[Donald Trump]] to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the passing of [[Antonin Scalia]]. In his first full Term on the Court, according to ''Reason Magazine'', Gorsuch had a more [[liberal]] voting record than even the centrist Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]].<ref name="Reason">https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/27/neil-gorsuch-was-more-liberal-than-antho</ref>
Gorsuch is [[pro-choice]] and told Senator [[Susan Collins]] that he would not overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' even if there were a 5-4 majority to do so, as reported by ''Politico'':<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/neil-gorsuch-charm-offensive-selling-democrats-235159</ref>
Gorsuch is [[pro-choice]] and told Senator [[Susan Collins]] that he would not overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' even if there were a 5-4 majority to do so, as reported by ''Politico'':<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/neil-gorsuch-charm-offensive-selling-democrats-235159</ref>
On the [[Fourth Amendment]], Gorsuch alone espouses a view that it should be reinterpreted based on property ownership, rather than privacy expectations. Litigants in Fourth Amendment cases, including the one decided by the Supreme Court in June 2018, do not typically assert such an argument.
On the [[Fourth Amendment]], Gorsuch alone espouses a view that it should be reinterpreted based on property ownership, rather than privacy expectations. Litigants in Fourth Amendment cases, including the one decided by the Supreme Court in June 2018, do not typically assert such an argument.
On June 15, 2020, Gorsuch joined the liberal wing of the [[Supreme Court]] in voting (along with [[John Roberts]]) to write [[transgenderism]] and "sexual identity" into the twelfth title of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]].<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/15/bostock-v-clayton-county-scotus-rules-6-3-that-gay-trans-employees-protected-by-civil-rights-act/# Bostock v. Clayton County: SCOTUS Rules 6-3 that Gay, Trans Employees Protected by Civil Rights Act]
*[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/supreme-court-votes-6-3-to-redefine-sex-write-transgenderism-into-1964-law BREAKING: US Supreme Court votes 6-3 to redefine ‘sex,’ write transgenderism into 1964 law]</ref>
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