After a long road of picking a new Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia, President Trump finally appointed Neil Gorsuch for the job. He was recently sworn in as the 113th Supreme Court justice. The search for Trump's perfect new addition to the Supreme Court was long due to him trying to maintain a conservative vote in that branch of government. In addition, he wanted someone who displayed a lot of the same traits that Scalia had. Now, Gorsuch will be put right to work with multiple important possible Supreme Court cases starting as early as Thursday for him. His entrance into the Supreme Court may affect the outcomes of these cases.
Having a more republican versus democratic Supreme Court can really sway what happens to the decisions made in the court. The Supreme Court was a established for a specific reason to bring the Constitution into question when need be. Throughout history, there have been many cases that have challenged the Constitution and have needed the help of the Supreme Court to finalize the case. Many times, a specific justice of the court is the swing vote in the cases. This is potentially what Gorsuch could be. Also, there have been multiple times where the president picks a specific new Supreme Court justice to make sure they get the outcome they wants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/gorsuch-to-be-sworn-in-to-supreme-court-today-in-two-ceremonies/2017/04/10/9ac361fe-1ddb-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html?utm_term=.8ef26e226777
This decision should have been president Obama's to make, but the corruption in the conservative controlled congress, made sure that was impossible. Dirty politics. I guess Trump finally delivered on his promise of a SCOTUS judge "in the mold of" Antonin Scalia.
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