Neil Gorsuch

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This photo provided by the Gorsuch family shows Judge Neil Gorsuch posing with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that he autographed. Gorsuch is roundly described by colleagues and friends as a silver-haired combination of wicked smarts, down-to-earth modesty, disarming warmth and careful deliberation. His critics largely agree with that view of the self-described “workaday judge” in polyester robes. Even so, they’re not sure it’s enough to warrant giving him a spot on the court. (Glenn Summers/Gorsuch family via AP)

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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch meets with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gorsuch is roundly described by colleagues and friends as a silver-haired combination of wicked smarts, down-to-earth modesty, disarming warmth and careful deliberation. His critics largely agree with that view of the self-described “workaday judge” in polyester robes. Even so, they’re not sure it’s enough to warrant giving him a spot on the court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Democrats question Gorsuch at his Senate confirmation hearing next week, they’ll probably ask a lot about something called “Chevron deference.” For the record, it is not about letting someone ahead of you in line at the gas station. But it is a legal concept Gorsuch has addressed as a judge on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver since 2006. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch and former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte wait for a meeting with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. on Capitol Hill in Washington. By the time a lawsuit over pollution from a nuclear weapons plant had reached Judge Neil Gorsuch, it had crawled through the courts for more than two decades, outliving some of the landowners who said the contamination destroyed their property values. The pace of the litigation didn’t sit well with Gorsuch, a judge for the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and now a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo, Judge Neil Gorsuch speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, after President Donald Trump announced Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. During a decade on the federal appeals court in Denver, Gorsuch has raised concerns about intrusive government searches and seizures that he found to violate constitutional rights. He generally has ruled against defendants appealing their convictions and those who claim they received unfair trials. But he also has warned in writings and speeches about the danger of having too many criminal laws on the books. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee, Neil Gorsuch is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gorsuch has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of libel claims, an Associated Press review of his rulings shows. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. In a decade as a federal appeals court judge, Gorsuch has criticized courts for giving too much power to government agencies that enforce the nation’s labor and employment laws. He's also backed curbs on some class-action lawsuits as lawyer in private practice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch pauses during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. As a conservative student at Columbia University in the mid-1980s, Gorsuch was a political odd man out, and he was determined to speak up. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, center, arrives with former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, for a meeting with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Judge Neil Gorsuch stands with his wife Louise as President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to announce Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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This photo provided by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows Judge Neil Gorsuch. President Donald Trump has narrowed his choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy to three judges and said he expects to make his decision in the coming days. The leading contenders, who all have met with Trump, are Gorsuch, William Pryor and Thomas Hardiman, the person said, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to speak publicly about internal decisions. (10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals via AP)