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Macagnone, Michael, “The Rocky Road to the Confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch,” Law360, April 7, 2017.
New York Daily News, “Neil Gorsuch Questioned About Role in Bush Administration,” March 22, 2017.
Newsweek, “Neil Gorsuch’s Late Mother Almost Annihilated the EPA,” February 1, 2017.
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O’Rourke, Patrick, Author interview, April 17, 2017.
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Index
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Abortion, 39, 49–50, 53, 67, 95, 115–116, 118, 163, 181
Above the Law blog, 46, 122, 176–177, 199
ACLU v. DOD (2012), 106
Adams, John, 171
Adelman, Adam, 117–118
Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, 5
A.E.G. (Anschutz Entertainment Group), 91
Affordable Care Act of 2010, 132
Afghanistan, 34
Aisenberg, Ben S., 9–10
Al Qaeda detainees, 107–108
Albright, Madeleine K., 36
Alito, Samuel, 157, 196
Alliance for Justice, 2, 180
Allott, Ann, 14
A.M. v. Holmes (2014), 145, 146
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 106
American Tobacco Company case, 94
Anschutz, Philip, 90–92, 176
Anthony, Paul, 154
Anthrax, 167
Aquinas, St. Thomas, 155
Are You Tough Enough? (Burford and Greenya), 26, 28, 201
Aristotle, 155
Aron, Nan, 2, 180
Aryan Brotherhood, 144
Ashcroft, John, 104, 105
Ashley, Lady, 87, 89
Ashley, Sir Bernard, 87–89
Aslani-Far, Adel, 141
Assisted suicide, 44, 48–50, 75, 115, 116, 137
Associated Press, 32–33, 71, 72, 76, 141, 156
Atlantic, The, 93–94, 115–116
AT&T Company, 84
Ayotte, Kelly, 164, 166
Baker, Dylan, 19
Bannon, Steve, 178
Barnes, Robert, 40, 133, 193, 194, 199–200
Barnett, Gary, 124
Barrymore, Drew, 19
Barrymore, John, 19
Baude, William, 41
Bay of Pigs, 142
Behringer, Michael, 140
Bellinger, John, 115
Benac, Nancy, 71, 156
Bennet, Michael, 179, 180
Benz, Steve, 84
Berenson, Bradford A., 36–37, 42
Berg, Phil, 77–78
Best, Landis C., 54
Bicameralism, 221, 223
Biden, Joe, 35
Bidwill, Michael, 19
Bidwill, William, 19
bin Laden, Osama, 107, 109
Black Students Association, Harvard Law School, 38
Blackburn, Robert E., 130
Blackmun, Harry, 57, 58, 68
Blackstone, William, 220
Blumenthal, Richard, 165, 166
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), 224–225
Bonjean, Ron, 116, 165–166
Bork, Robert H., 185, 188
Boston Daily, 43
Boston Globe, 41–43, 156
Boulder, Colorado, 73, 79
Boumediene v. Bush (2008), 114
Boykin, Keith, 38
Bradbury OLC memo, 111
Brand, Rachel, 122
Brandeis, Louis, 62
Brenner, Joanna, 25
Breyer, Rebecca, 87
Breyer, Stephen, 50, 55, 153, 171, 189–190, 191, 209
Brody, Jonathan, 23, 77
Brophy, Flip, 201
Brown, Hank, 128
Brown, Sherrod, 161
Bruck, Connie, 91–92
Brune, Michael, 163
Buckley, John, 86
Burford, Anne McGill Gorsuch, 4–5, 9, 11–15, 20, 22, 24–30, 75, 100, 180, 201–203, 206
Burford, Robert, 5, 75
Burger, Warren, 66, 68
Burke, Edmund, 230
Burletson, Bryan, 72, 75
Burletson, Prudence, 72, 73, 75, 205
Burletson, Richard, 72
Bush, George H. W., 188
Bush, George W., 42, 73, 91, 101–105, 112, 117, 118, 132, 168, 185
Bustos v. A & E Television Network (2011), 144
Calder, Alexander, 167
Caldwell, John, 22
Callan, Paul, 174–175
Carbone, Gina, 12, 77
Card, Andrew, 104
Cardozo, Benjamin, 61–64
Case Western Reserve School of Law, 147, 151, 213
Cashman, Brian, 19, 22, 77
Castro, Fidel, 139
Center for American Progress, 93
Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, University of San Diego School of Law, 41
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 115
Cert petition, 55–59, 67–68
Charnes, Adam, 42
Chemerinsky, Erwin, 153
Chevron case (1984), 39, 225
Christ the King Roman Catholic School, Denver, 12
Chur
chill, Winston, 72
Citizens United case (2010), 183
City Journal, 193
Claffee, Lily Fu, 101–102
Clark, Robert, 38
Clement, Paul, 60
Clinton, Bill, 185
Clinton, Hillary, 5
Cohen, Ben, 62
Collins, Susan, 184
Colorado state legislature, 14
Columbia Daily Spectator, 32, 34–35, 138, 140, 141
Columbia University, 32–36, 77, 137–143, 202
Combatant Status Review Tribunals, 113
Comey, James, 104
Conconi, Chuck, 154–155
Conlan, Thomas, 21–22
Constitution of the United States, 41, 55, 104, 112, 169, 180, 187, 190, 218–223
Eighth Amendment to the, 153
First Amendment to, 34
Fourth Amendment to, 133
Constitution of the United States (cont.)
originalism/textualism concepts, 40, 94–95, 133, 137–138, 174–175, 193, 194
Constitutional Accountability Center, 93
Contraception, 132, 162, 163, 189
Conwood case, 89–90
Cook, Elisebeth Collins, 122
Coopers & Lybrand, 87
Coors, Joe, 30–31
Coors beer, 34
Corcoran, Tom, 62
Counterterrorism, 103
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990), 49
Cuban refugees, 139
Cuomo, Mario, 34
Daily Beast, 139–140, 142
Daily Mail, 75
Daniel, John, 30, 202
Dark money, 176
De Niz Robles, Alfonzo, 224–225
Death penalty, 153
Defending Freedom Luncheon, Fund for American Studies, 198–188
Defense, U.S. Department of, 106, 107, 112
Dennis, Brady, 25–26
Denver, Colorado, 9, 10, 14
Denver Post, 34, 128, 194
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, 110–115
Dingell, John, 24, 27–29
Dionne, E. J. Jr., 162
District of Columbia Circuit Court, 45, 113
Dodd, Christopher, 19
Dow Chemical Corporation, 88
Durbin, Richard, 47–48, 105, 107, 115, 173, 176
Durham, Steve, 30
Dworkin, Ronald, 218, 226
Economist, The, 155
Eid, Allison, 60
Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, 153
Eisen, Norm, 44, 78
Elway, John, 207
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 5, 14, 15, 24–31, 201
Executive privilege, 27–29
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1977, 148, 192
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 57
Fandos, Nicholas, 54
Fassett, Katy, 73
Federal Appellate Rules Committee, 179
Federalist Paper (Columbia University), 33–35, 141–142
Federalist Society, Harvard Law School, 38
Feinstein, Dianne, 105, 106, 110–112, 114, 117, 169, 171, 172, 180, 182
Feldman, Adam, 198
Feldman, Louis, 54
Ficarra, Thad, 26, 77
Fielding, Fred, 27–28
Finnis, John, 47–48, 162
First Amendment to the Constitution, 34
First National Bank of Denver, 14
Fletcher, Mr., 197–198
Forbes magazine, 91
Ford, Matt, 115–116
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, 133
Fox News, 4, 73, 74
Frankel, Allison, 133
Franken, Al, 177–178, 190
Frankfurter, Felix, 61–62, 64
Frederick, David C., 85, 88
Freedom of Information Act of 1966, 105
Fried, Charles, 38–39
Fund for American Studies, 198–199
Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, The (Gorsuch), 44, 48–50, 75, 115, 116, 137
Gardner, Cory, 179, 180
Garland, Merrick B., 2, 5, 6, 162, 169, 179, 187
Genachowski, Julius, 60
Geneva Conventions, 107–110
George, Mary Ellen, 201–202
Georgetown Prep, Bethesda, Maryland, 4, 12, 15, 19–24, 32, 77, 137
Georgetown University, 19
Gerry, Brett, 122
Gilmore, Anne, 125, 128
Ginsburg, Douglas, 35
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 3, 6, 116, 154, 171, 182, 199
Glossip v. Gross (2015), 153
Goldberg, John C. P., 54
Goldsmith, Jack, 104
Gonzales, Alberto, 104–106, 125
Goodbaum, Joshua, 76
Gorsuch, Anne McGill (see Burford, Anne McGill Gorsuch)
Gorsuch, Belinda, 55, 74, 121, 169, 180, 205, 209
Gorsuch, David, 5, 9, 11–14, 75, 180, 206
Gorsuch, Emma, 55, 74, 121, 169, 180, 205, 209
Gorsuch, J. J., 12, 76, 151
Gorsuch, John, 9–11, 180, 206
Gorsuch, Louise Burletson, 1, 38, 71–74, 169, 176, 180, 205
Gorsuch, Margaret Sampson, 74–75
Gorsuch, Neil McGill
abortion issue and, 39, 49–50, 115–116, 118, 181
Anschutz and, 90–92, 176
antitrust issues and, 84, 88–90, 92–94
as appellate court judge, 3–4, 39, 48, 59, 72–73, 85, 92, 105, 121, 122, 125–131, 132–133, 168, 173–178, 189, 208–210, 224
assisted suicide issue and, 44, 48–50, 75, 115, 116, 137
birth of children of, 74
Blumenthal, meeting with, 165, 166
cert pool memos by, 56–60
childhood of, 12–15, 76
clerkship at Supreme Court, 37, 45, 46, 53–59, 207
Colorado roots of, 9–11
at Columbia University, 32–37, 137–143
confirmation hearings of, 3, 5, 6, 34, 45, 47–49, 74, 105–107, 110–118, 151, 164, 168–188, 205–211
conservative views of, 20, 22, 32–35, 38, 40, 42, 137–139, 155–156
debating skills of, 13, 21–22, 31
on diversity, 143
early education of, 4, 12, 15, 19–24, 32
Finnis as dissertation advisor of, 47–48, 162
first meeting with Louise, 71, 74
freedom of speech issues and, 34, 138
friendships of, 22–23, 76–78
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by, 44, 48–50, 75, 115, 116, 137
gay issues and, 77–80
Guantanamo Bay detainee issue and, 105–113
at Harvard Law School, 35–38, 41–43, 143
interrogation techniques and, 111–112, 117
investiture as appellate judge, 121–122, 203
at Justice Department, 100–103, 105–108, 111–118, 144
law school classmates endorsement letter and, 43–44
law school pro bono work of, 43–44, 45
lecture in tribute to Scalia, 147–148, 151–153, 213–231
letter from law clerks on, 169–170
liberals, relations with, 38, 77, 137
marriage of, 72
media on, 4, 12, 23, 25, 31, 43, 44, 72, 100, 133, 138–140, 142, 156–157, 161–162
mother of, 4–5, 13–15, 20, 25, 26, 28–30
as nominee for Supreme Court justice, 1–2, 6, 43, 100, 155, 156, 161–167, 179, 187
Obama, compared to, 36–37
originalism/textualism concepts and, 40, 94–95, 133, 137–138, 151–153, 174–175, 193, 194
at Oxford University, 38, 46–48, 50, 71, 74, 137, 161–162, 202
personality of, 4, 21, 41–43, 54–55, 76, 156
physical appearance of, 3, 73–74
plagiarism charges against, 44–45
in private law practice, 78–79, 83–94, 99–102, 121, 143
on Reagan foreign policy, 142
religious affiliation of, 13
religious free
dom issues and, 133, 181
Scalia, compared to, 39, 94–95, 154–156, 194, 196
Schumer on, 163–164
sense of humor of, 35
on student protests, 32, 139, 143
Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture by (Case Western Reserve University School of Law), 147–148, 151–153, 213–231
as Supreme Court justice, 95, 148, 157, 188–200
swearing-in ceremony of, 186
writing ability and style of, 39, 58, 77, 133, 137–139, 142–148, 153, 156, 194
Gorsuch, Stephanie, 76
“Gorsuch Not Easy to Pigeonhole on Gay Rights, Friends Say” (Stolberg), 79
Graham, Lindsey, 111, 113, 114, 173, 181
Grassley, Charles, 2, 169, 171–173, 182
Green Bag, 146
Greenhouse, Linda, 188
Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo), 105–113
Guardian, The, 36–39
Gulf War, 42
Gun control, 163
Habeas corpus, right of, 112, 114
Hamdan, Salim Ahmed, 107, 109
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), 106, 107, 113–114
Hamilton, Alexander, 210, 220, 224
Hancock, John, 210
Hansen, Mark C., 78–79, 84, 86–90, 94, 99–100, 122
Harding, Ian, 19
Harlan, John Marshall, 50
Harlan, John Marshall II, 50
Hart, Philip A., 167
Hart Senate Office Building, 167–168
Hartz, Harris L., 127, 128, 130
Harvard Defenders Program, 43
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 60
Harvard Law Review, 37, 41
Harvard Law School, 35–39, 41–43, 77, 78, 83, 143, 152
Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project, 43
Hatch, Orrin, 173
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of, 132
Healy, Billy, 22
Henley-on-Thames, England, 72
Henson v. Santander Consumer USA (2017), 148, 192–194
Heritage Foundation, 13, 99–100
Hirono, Mazie, 6
Hnida, Katie, 124
Hobby Lobby v. Sibelius (2013), 132–133, 173, 189, 190
Hodges, Tyler, 145
Hogue, Ilyse, 76
Hood, Jay W., 108
Hoover, Jimmy, 133
House, Toni, 155
Howe, Amy, 49–50
Howe, Ben Ryder, 90–91
Huffington, Arianna, 139
Huffington Post, 198
Hughes, Charles Evans, 62
Hughes, William, 22
Humanae Vitae (Paul VI), 12–13, 21, 22
Hunter, Alex, 129
Hutchinson, Dennis J., 53
Immigration laws, 95, 224–225
Indiana Law Journal, 44
Interrogation techniques, 105, 111–112, 115, 117
Iran-Contra affair, 33, 142
Jackson, Robert H., 208
Jarden, David, 71
“Jeffersonian for the Supreme Court, A” (Rosen), 94–95