Trump taps conservative Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
By AlJazeera
01 February 2017 |
3:32 am
US President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The appointment, if confirmed, is likely to shift the highest court in the US to the right.
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