These cases proved then-Judge Gorsuch to be an "ardent defender of religious liberties".
Gorsuch responded by thanking Roberts and the other justices for the "warm welcome" that he had received.
"I hope so", Gorsuch replied.
"No, just to continue to make it up", Gorsuch said, according to Bloomberg.
"Wouldn't it be a lot easier if we just followed the plain text of the statute?"
"I'm sorry for interrupting, counselor", Gorsuch told one of the lawyers in the second case, a property dispute from NY state.
Gorsuch previously served more than a decade on the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving him considerable experience with oral arguments, albeit with a lower public profile and on panels that usually consisted of only three judges. Gorsuch asked at another point.
Gorsuch asked lawyer Christopher Landau four questions in a row, saying he was "sorry for taking up so much time". Trump was able to fill Scalia's vacancy only because Senate Republicans past year refused to consider Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland.
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Gorsuch's confirmation ensured a tilt to the right for the court that had previously existed with Scalia. "What am I missing?"
Many Republicans were pleased with President Trump's Supreme Court nomination of Justice Gorsuch for his undeniable qualifications, adherence to textualism, similarities to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and his young age of forty-nine.
That followed a brief introduction by Chief Justice John Roberts to begin the day with a congratulations and a wish that Gorsuch enjoy a "long and happy career in our common calling". Lamenting that no one who isn't a lawyer could possibly understand it, Alito asked Fletcher whether he knew "who wrote this statute?" Gorsuch's aversion to it worries some Western legal experts, who fear that the nation's highest court will no longer permit federal agencies to create safeguards for the West's lands, waters, air and wildlife that are not explicitly required by Congress.
Some wondered if Gorsuch would recuse himself from the case due to Katyal's previous actions of endorsing Gorsuch for the court.
After Gorsuch used a lengthy back and forth with Landau to dissect the law, Justice Samuel Alito remarked that the exceedingly complicated statute could have come from the mind of "somebody who takes pleasure out of pulling the wings off flies". Speaking for all, Justice Samuel Alito called the law in question "unbelievably complicated" and hard to parse.
The judge was also quick to speak up when he felt that he was not getting a direct answer to his questions.
The justices, with the exception of the usually silent Clarence Thomas, are known for their aggressive questioning, and Gorsuch showed no qualms about jumping right in.
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