Recently confirmed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be thrown into the middle of the 2017 oral argument season with the Court’s April hearings calendar beginning on April 17th. One of the first questions that has already generated speculation is how Gorsuch will rule on cases this Term. This post adds some insight into how…
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Scaling Judge Gorsuch’s Opinions: Hints of a Possible Centrist
Two words that are regularly thrown around when discussing the Supreme Court (and politics generally) are “liberal” and “conservative.” On this note, recently a question that has gained much traction has to do with how liberal or conservative a Justice Judge Gorsuch will be if confirmed to the Court. A large problem with these terms…
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