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Neil Gorsuch confirmation hearings: Day 1

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Gorsuch confirmation hearings, day 1: March 20, 2017


Today marked the first day of confirmation hearings on Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump (R) on January 31, 2017, to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia on the court. The hearings took place before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The committee, composed of 11 Republicans and nine Democrats, met for nearly five hours on the first day of hearings. The hearings reconvened on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, with testimony from Judge Gorsuch.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • March 20, 2017, was the first day of confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Gorsuch was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
  • Chairman Chuck Grassley gaveled the hearings into session at 11:00 a.m. EST today. The hearings lasted for nearly five hours.


    • Read more about day two, day three, and day four of Gorsuch's confirmation hearings.

    Chairman's introduction

    U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) gaveled the committee into session at 11:00 a.m. this morning to begin confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. The chairman began the proceedings by outlining his expectations of when the committee might vote on Gorsuch's nomination. The senator stated that he would schedule a vote for next Monday, March 27, but that he expected the vote to be held over a week, as committee rules allow any member to push it back. That would place Gorsuch's nomination on the agenda for a committee vote on Monday, April 3, 2017. The Senate was scheduled to go on a two-week recess beginning April 7, 2017.

    Senators' statements

    Every senator on the committee read a statement into the record regarding the nomination. Links are taken from the Senate Judiciary Committeee website, from the senator's own website, or from other publicly available sources:

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    Grassley
    		 Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
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    		 Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
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    		 Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
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    		 Statement of Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas)
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    		 Statement of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah)
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    		 Statement of Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
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    		 Statement of Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Christopher Coons (D-Del.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
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    		 Statement of Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
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    		 Statement of Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
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    		 Statement of Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
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    		 Statement of Senator John Kennedy (R-La.)


    Other statements

    U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R) and Michael Bennet (D) of Colorado each read a prepared statement into the record. Former acting U.S. solicitor general Neal Katyal also read a prepared statement. Finally, the nominee himself read a statement into the record as well.

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    		 Testiomny of Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)
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    		 Testimony of Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)
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    Katyal
    		 Testimony of Mr. Neal Katyal
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    Gorsuch
    		 Testimony of Neil Gorsuch


    Video of day one

    A video of the first day of Judge Gorsuch's nomination is below (via The New York Times YouTube feed):

    See also

    External links

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