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Hatch Leads the Charge to Confirm Judge Gorsuch

Monday, March 20, 2017 - 12:45pm
Senator Orrin Hatch

Hatch Leads the Charge to Confirm Judge Gorsuch

 

Washington, D.C.—Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch, who has been nominated to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court. 

 

As the longest-serving current member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this is Senator Hatch’s fourteenth Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Throughout his service on the Committee, Senator Hatch has sought to ensure that confirmation hearings are fair and that questions are focused on a nominee’s qualifications and judicial philosophy. He has likewise fought to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch and keep politics out of the confirmation process by denouncing attempts to mischaracterize a nominee’s record or personal character.

 

In this spirit, Senator Hatch has dedicated the last two months to make the case for Judge Gorsuch via various platforms—from speeches on the Senate floor and town halls to local and national media appearances. Hatch has also authored numerous op-eds to tout Judge Gorsuch’s qualifications, refute illegitimate criticisms made against him, and encourage senators to refrain from questions that would politicize the confirmation process.

  

Senator Hatch has delivered seven speeches on Judge Gorsuch’s Nomination:

  • Hatch on the plague threatening judicial independence. [VIDEO]
  • Hatch on previewing the confirmation hearing for Judge Gorsuch. [VIDEO]
  • Hatch on the nomination of Judge Gorsuch [VIDEO]
  • Hatch on “Neil Gorsuch’s America” [VIDEO]
  • Hatch on the Process and Substance of the Confirmation Process for Judge Gorsuch [VIDEO]
  • Hatch on Democrats Attacking Judge Gorsuch’s Independence [VIDEO]
  • Hatch on Urging Colleagues to Leave Politics Out of Gorsuch’s Confirmation [VIDEO

 

Before the nomination of Judge Gorsuch, Senator Hatch described the ideal Supreme Court Nominee in two op-eds:

 

Senator Hatch has made the case for Judge Gorsuch in a number of op-eds: