Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Neil M. Gorsuch

Associate Justice

Sources checked October 13, 2026. Canonical page /leaders/gorsuch.

• Neil M. Gorsuch is an Associate Justice. President Donald J. Trump nominated him, and he took his seat on April 10, 2017.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• The Senate nominations chart records his confirmation on April 7, 2017, by 54 yeas to 45 nays, roll call number 111.

  United States Senate. Supreme Court Nominations (1789-Present). https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• He received a B.A. from Columbia University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a D.Phil. from Oxford University. He clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for Justices Byron R. White and Anthony M. Kennedy. He was in private practice, then Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He has taught law at the University of Colorado and George Mason University. In 2006 he was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, where he served until the Supreme Court nomination.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.