From CNN Breaking News@VERT to no-reply@siteservices.cnn.com on Tue Jan 31 17:10:08 2017
President Donald Trump revealed his nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, to the Supreme Court in a Tuesday night news conference.[1]
The nomination of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appellate judge, gives Trump and Republicans the opportunity to confirm someone who could cement the conservative direction of the court for decades.
His selection also sets up an intense fight with Senate Democrats, still angry over the Republicans' decision to essentially ignore former President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for the empty Supreme Court seat last year.
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