President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, Colorado appeals judge Neil Gorsuch, honored the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016. But Gorsuch’s detractors see the speeches as hand-delivered thank-you notes, undermining attempts to present himself as an independent-minded justice. “I don’t think most Supreme Court justices make a concerted or visible effort to establish themselves as independent,” he said. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy,’ ” McConnell told his constituents. “Made a promise.”An assortment of interest groups has called on Gorsuch not to speak at the Trump hotel.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2017 19:47 UTC