Neil Gorsuch
Associate Justice
Court
Score
38/100 · Low Risk
Tenure
Associate Justice since 2017
About
Neil M. Gorsuch has served as Associate Justice since 2017, appointed by President Donald Trump to the seat held open for 11 months after Senate Republicans blocked Merrick Garland. A Columbia, Oxford (Marshall Scholar), and Harvard Law graduate, Gorsuch is an ardent textualist and originalist. He surprised conservatives by writing the landmark Bostock v. Clayton County decision extending Title VII protections to LGBTQ workers. ProPublica reporting revealed he sold property shortly after joining the Court to the head of a law firm with cases before it.
Donations & financial influence
| Category | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total raised (career) | N/A (appointed) | |
| Corporate total | N/A | |
| AIPAC / pro-Israel | N/A | |
| Oil & gas / fossil | N/A | |
| Pharma / healthcare | N/A | |
| Defense | N/A | |
| Wall Street / finance | N/A | |
| Big Tech | N/A |
Controversies & conflicts of interest
- Sold property to Brian Duffy (law firm managing partner) for $1.8M, firm had cases before Court
- Filled Merrick Garland's stolen seat, Democrats called illegitimate
- Mother was controversial EPA administrator under Reagan, cut environmental regulations
- Wrote children's book while on SCOTUS, critics called it self-promotional
- Occasionally sides with liberal justices on criminal justice and Native American cases