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A nomination battle over Neil Gorsuch could slow down Trump's agenda

  • Written by Richard Vining, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Georgia
imageThe U.S. Supreme Court.ThatMattWade/flickr, CC BY-SA

When he took the oath of office, President Donald Trump became the first chief executive to inherit the opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court justice since Richard Nixon.

On Tuesday, Trump announced that Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit is his choice to fill this seat. He presented this...

Read more: A nomination battle over Neil Gorsuch could slow down Trump's agenda

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